"Half of villages still have no drinking water...At least 4,000 children are set to start school this week in UNICEF-provided tents during the hottest time of the year, in cyclone season." Thanks @michelleduff.bsky.social at @theguardian.com for writing this.

Need to just take a moment to breathe? Join a free session on breathwork for professional women on January 28! Sign up here: www.linkedin.com/events/72879...

We’re excited to announce our 2025 Conversation Series! This series celebrates the voices of women and gender-diverse individuals leading the charge in water research, advocacy, and innovation. #WomenPlusWater Registration is now open: womenpluswater.org/conversations

💧 Calling all Women+ in Water! Women Plus Water is excited to host an Expert List designed to amplify the voices of women and gender-diverse experts in water-related fields. Use the list. Be on the list. 🔗https://water.usask.ca/women-plus-water/expert-list/index.php

Our first #WomenPlusWater conversation in 2025 is just 10 days away! Join us and our guests as they discuss the critical role of women and gender-diverse voices in addressing the unique water-climate challenges small island states face. All are welcome! Register 👉 water.usask.ca/events/2025/...

So looking forward to WASH DC- WASH DC tonight! Water, Sanitation and Hygiene people in Washington, DC please join us at 1 DuPont Circle now! #OpenDefecationFree

Emergency environmental health forum abstracts call is open! Forum will be hybrid with some participants in Bonn 14, 15, 16th May 2025 Submit at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

WASH Professionals working on water, sanitation, hygiene, #WASH, #SDG6, 6.1, 6.2, #Handwashing or #MenstruationMatters, please send me a message and I'll add you to this #StarterPack.

So grateful everyone at the Ministry of Lands in Vanuatu is okay after last month's earthquake. #StructuralEngineers on BlueSky - what are your thoughts on the rebar and concrete blocks shown in these photos? www.facebook.com/share/p/19r9...

What a wonderful idea! To all my friends who have been aid workers on the frontline during the holidays so many times - Thank you!

Vanuatu, the most hazard prone country in the world, experienced yet another earthquake last week. Ni-Vanuatu know how to respond during and after an emergency. I understand one of the best ways you can help now is go be a tourist. The vacation venues are ready for you! news.un.org/en/story/202...

I've seen many photos of damaged plastic water tanks during Vanuatu's 7.4 earthquake & I took many photos similar to this during cyclones, so engineering friends who wants to design some tank strapping that is really easy to install? #EngineeringChallenge #DesignThinking #HumanCenteredDesign

Wise community members in Vanuatu notice low river levels & warn others that landslides during the 7.4 earthquake may have blocked the river’s natural flow upstream which could eventually breach, leading to a sudden and catastrophic flash flood.

“It’s a rush against time to get water trucks organized for those areas so that we prevent a second disaster, which is a diarrhea outbreak,” Brecht Mommen, a @UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene specialist based in Vanuatu speaking after the earthquake on the 18th. apnews.com/article/vanu...

An estimated 40,000 children are in need of humanitarian assistance after a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu yesterday, followed by several major aftershocks. #Vanuatu www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Thanks to UNELCO/ENGIE usually one can drink water from the tap in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The pump station, chlorination and two tanks are fine, but the earthquake damaged three tanks and many underground pipes. Everyone is being asked to conserve water. www.facebook.com/reel/1353454...

The new Vanuatu Ministry of Lands building damaged during yesterday's 7.4 Earthquake. For WASH Friends, all Department of Water Resources friends are accounted for.

There is no running water in Port Vila due to Earthquake damage. Vanuatu's capital usually has amazing water that everyone drinks from the tap thanks to @UNELCO @ENGIE. Unfortunately, @unicef.org reporting higher diarrhea already.

Hi everyone. We just got power and water restored, albeit a bit tenuously. Here's the National Disaster Management Offfice situation report:

A 7.4 earthquake ended communications, destroyed >4 buildings, & damaged water supply, but I am sure the incredibly resilient people of Vanuatu are doing all they can to help others help.unicef.org, www.facebook.com/share/p/18GL..., www.facebook.com/share/p/1EEY..., www.facebook.com/share/p/1DuH...

In Malawi, where public high school isn’t free, girls are often the first to drop out, cutting short their dreams and potential. But with support from UNICEF and MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, the K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Desks) Fund is changing that. Here, one student shares her #KINDFund story:

Ralph Regenvanu, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment for #Vanuatu: "I choose my words carefully when I say that this may well be the most consequential case in the history of humanity. Let us not allow future generations to look back and wonder why the cause of their doom was condoned."

🎓 PhD Opportunity with @janewilbur.bsky.social Bridging the Menstrual Health Gap for Individuals with Learning Disabilities Develop & validate inclusive metrics for assessing menstrual health experiences 📅 Apply by 23:59 (GMT), Wed, 22 January 2025 🔗 More info and how to apply: bit.ly/3OkeKIH

The EPA is limiting "forever chemicals" in water? Finally! PFAS don't even taste good

We also find that 68% of voters support having a publicly owned utility as their utility provider, including 71% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 67% of Republicans. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/10...

Thirty-five million Africans driven from homes by war and climate disasters – report

Eight times more children will face extreme heatwaves by 2050s, Unicef says

Happy #WorldToiletDay! Are you trying to improve rural sanitation coverage in a challenging context, such as those shown in this powerful image? If yes, read the great guidance collected by Jamie Myers and Mimi Coultas from the Institute of Development Studies at: lnkd.in/dBrJPaaR

Get more of the latest news on issues affecting children all over the globe, and UNICEF’s work for children, through this live and growing starter pack of UNICEF offices and staff around the world #StarterPack go.bsky.app/LwcZZvY

" that includes liquid surface water like lakes and rivers, plus water in aquifers underground " #groundwater #hydrogeology #WaterSecurity #WaSH

Have you checked out UNICEF's new 2024- 2030 Acceleration Framework for #WASHinSchools? The country-level monitoring indicator checklist is my favorite part! How is your country doing on these indicators? clearinghouse.unicef.org/sites/ch/fil...

The malnutrition & lack of clean water because of limited safe management & no electricity to pump groundwater is heartbreaking. Thank you so much for writing about Zambia's drought @washingtonpost.com. (As I write this the power flickered off. I am grateful for #SolarPower & wish all had it.)

New Open Access article! "The water–climate nexus: Intersections across sectors". We look at intersections between water and climate across four sectors: environment; drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; food and agriculture; and energy. wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...