Irish aid reaching flooded Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon
Irish charity Concern Worldwide has distributed aid to hundreds of Syrian refugee families whose tented homes were flooded during heavy rains in northern Lebanon.
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Concern's objectives, activities and achievements in 2018 can be found in our new annual report.
Read the reportWorld Water Week Quiz: Ten questions on one of the world's great challenges
Liven uses the water pump that Concern provided to his mother in Zambia: Photo: Concern Worldwide.
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World Water Week
World Water Week is the annual focal point for global water issues, and runs until Friday 30 August.
The aim of the week is to achieve a "water wise world", and to engage with people about the dangers of poor sanitation, hygiene and dirty water.
Concern has a large Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme that is operational in 22 countries across a number of diverse contexts.
For the WASH sector, we aim to achieve significant and lasting improvements in the lives of the extreme poor through the establishment of a whole range of services including access to safe water, safe disposal of faeces, adoption of new hygiene behaviours and solid waste management, amongst others.
You can find out a lot more about our Health and Nutrition work here.
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A Concern staff member pictured with children in Northern Kenya. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide
A family in Kenya prepare wild fruits for a meal. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide
The harsh landscape between Hargeisa and Borama. Photo: Eamon Timmins/Concern Worldwide
Water from a local creek in Liberia. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.
Hundreds of people waiting for a weekly water truck to arrive in Ethiopia. Photo: Jennifer Nolan / Concern Worldwide.
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