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        Apoline Niyosenge at a newly installed handwashing station in Kitshanga, DRC. Photo: Pamela Tulizo/Panos/Concern Worldwide
        News
        17 January 2023

        A fresh look at H20: six ways water impacts the world

        Water makes life possible, but it also has the power to wash away everything you’ve worked for in an instant. Here are six ways that water impacts the communities we work with — for good, and for bad.
        Graves at Waterloo cemetery, near Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital. Waterloo was one of two cemeteries in the western region used for medical burials during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Photo: Kieran McConville
        News
        1 September 2017

        Sierra Leone mudslides — Ebola heroes step up once again

        As thousands recover from the mudslides that swept through Freetown, Sierra Leone, a few unsung heroes of the Ebola crisis have sprung back into action to help the country they love.
        Florence Mutungi (32) with six-month-old Precious - one of her twin daughters. Florence and her husband are bringing up their five children in their one room house in one of Nairobi’s largest slums, Mukuru where chronic malnutrition and stunting is a majo
        News
        12 April 2017

        What is stunting? And why should we know about it?

        Significantly stunted growth and development, caused by chronic undernutrition, threatens almost a quarter of children around the world. 
        Onesta Banda with a group of lead mothers in the village of Dzidzwa, Mchingi District, Malawi. These women have been very effective in influencing parents to rethink their approach to child nutrition and issues of health and sanitation. Photo: Kieran McCo
        News
        10 February 2017

        Bold Women Take Aim at Status Quo

        As women-led changes gain momentum around the world, we wanted to give a special shout-out to four African women whose work is transforming lives across their communities. Talk about women power!