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Kenya: So that water runs again
After the terrible drought that hit Kenya in August 2011 and threatened more than 12 million people with famine, Terre des hommes intervened in the...
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WASH Quiz : Test your knowledge of water consumption in Switzerland and the world
To increase your awareness of the problems of water in the world and its issues, Terre des hommes invites you to test your knowledge in this questi...
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What are the problems of accessing water in the world?
Covering 71% of the globe’s surface, water is a vital resource for each and every one of us (the proportion of sweet water is only 2.8%). Despite t...
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Terre des hommes supports “World Water Day” on 22 March
On 22nd December 1992, the Assembly General of the United Nations adopted a resolution declaring March 22nd as “World Water Day”. The year 2013 is ...
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Around the World Day of Hand-washing with Tdh
Washing one’s hands with soap: a daily act we don’t bother to think much about. Hand-washing is done without questioning, just a reflex or a rule p...
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Guinea: Emergency activity in a cholera epidemic
For some decades, Guinea has been hit by flare-ups of cholera epidemics that are now occurring closer together. All these flare-ups have started in...
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Guinea: Sorting biomedical waste to benefit man’s health and the environment
Since the end of 2011, Terre des hommes has been working to improve the water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in seven health centres in two com...
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Bangladesh – Sustainable development and disasters
An association of professionnal photographers: "Image of dignity", visited Terre des hommes projects in Bangladesh. Here are 5 videos they made whi...
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Guinea: The State launches a competition for hygiene in the health centres
From the start of 2012, Terre des hommes and the National Department for Health and Public Hygiene have been improving the conditions of hygiene in...
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Afghanistan: Following tradition to guarantee a supply of water
In the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, access to water is practically impossible from both the technical and economic points of view. And yet a...
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