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Women-led Inclusive WASH Jirgas building resilience in Pakistan
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 05:26 PM
A student returning from school washes her face using clean water from the nearby water source in district Buner, Pakistan. (IRC Pakistan)
“I had to go to fetch water approx....
From nightly walks to fetch water to solar-powered piped water to her home
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2022 04:36 PM
“After years of suffering, it is so hard to believe that I have water available at home," says Shah Bano, "I do not have to go out of the house at night to fetch water...
LIFE changing attitudes rural women at the centre of WASH decision making in Pakistan
Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 01:12 PM
Ms. Gulzari, a mother-of-three, would spend up to 10 hours a day fetching water for her family in northern Pakistan.
Like many other residents of Dandi Kot Village in the Buner...
Changing two lives at a time in Pakistan with tailored menstrual health and hygiene sessions
Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 12:06 PM
Rifat’s individually tailored session has helped her to manage her period on her own, with confidence (International Rescue Committee, Pakistan)
More than 800 million...
Small steps create big change for Wazir and his family in Pakistan
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2021 04:32 PM
Sometimes it is small, simple steps that can have a big impact on the health and wellbeing of a family. When Wazir met the IRC team in village Krapa in Pakistan, they...
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