Topic: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

 

Haiti A good friend called soap

This is not your average hand-washing routine. It’s not like what we are used to doing in the bathroom or in the kitchen sink before we eat. This is a very sophisticated affair, which requires concentration and diligence. The kids in Aujecad, a camp for displaced persons in Carrefour, are no-nonsense about their hand-washing.

 

BALKANS Discarded by life

Gray clouds pass by above gray barracks. Chapped paint at the house walls, broken window panes, next to it a huge pile of rubbish where a scrubby dog is searching for food remains. Only the colourful bed varnishes are a sign that someone still lives here.