WaterAid

@wateraid

Research and insight from WaterAid – a leading not-for-profit with one goal: to change the world through clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene

Worldwide washmatters.wateraid.org Joined February 2013

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WaterAid @wateraid Dec 10, 2024

One more time for the people in the back: clean water is a basic 👏human 👏 right 👏

Despite this universal truth, almost 1 in 10 people still don't have clean water close to home.

#HumanRightsDay #CleanWater

White text on a blue background. The text reads: Clean water is a basic human right

WaterAid @wateraid Nov 23, 2024

These three simple actions can help tackle superbugs 👇

How? By reducing the spread of infections and the need to overuse antibiotics.

#AMR #WAAW2024

WaterAid @wateraid Nov 20, 2024

Superbugs are a serious threat to our health – but what are they?

@anniesheria breaks it down 👇

#AMR #WAAW2024

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WaterAid @wateraid Nov 20, 2024

❗The climate crisis is a water crisis❗

People experience #ClimateChange through too much or too little water – floods and droughts – and the impacts are devastating.

Decision makers at #COP29 must take urgent action to solve these dual crises.

#ClimateAction

A boy, Kicquer, walks on bricks near his flooded home. He is dressed in all black white white socks and sandals. His quote reads: "The floods really affected my education. I had just bought a pack of notebooks and a school bag, but all my materials went with the water. I didn't study for three months."

WaterAid @wateraid Nov 19, 2024

Today was Water Day at @COP29_AZ 💦

It was an opportunity to highlight the interlinked crises of climate and water -- and the role of water, sanitation and hygiene to help build resilience to #ClimateChange.

🧵Read on for some key highlights 🔽