Fighters and farmers step in to help Beirut after the blast
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation From former fighters repairing damaged buildings to rural women preparing meals, people from across Lebanon have stepped in to help businesses set up to do good after the seismic port explosion in Beirut. The 4th August blast, which officials have blamed on more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate being stored […]
Some 844 million people struggling to access clean water, says Water Aid
Some 844 million people are struggling to access clean water, according to revised figures from WaterAid. In its latest annual State of the World’s Water report, the organisation says the figure is 200 million higher than the previous number thanks to a change in the way the information is analysed with anything longer than a 30 […]
WORLD WATER DAY: IMAGES TO CELEBRATE CAMBODIA’S SUCCESS WHILE HIGHLIGHTING PLIGHT OF 663 MILLION WITHOUT CLEAN WATER ACCESS
To mark World Water Day on 22nd March, Serbian photographer Dusan Stojancevic, in a collaborative project with WaterAid, has employed a unique photography technique to highlight how clean water transforms lives and raise awareness of the 663 million people around the world who still lack access…