Addressing water scarcity and stimulating investment

In acute emergencies, the IRC establishes emergency water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programs, ensuring that life-saving services can be initiated efficiently. As countries evolve from emergencies to rebuilding, the IRC works to build stronger community and government oversight on improved water, hygiene and sanitation services, and maintenance of systems.

Over 800 million people don’t have access to safe drinking water. Here’s what the IRC is doing to help.

For over a decade, the IRC provided food, water, and medicine to people trapped in a region enveloped in conflict.

IRC teams report staggering humanitarian needs. People require urgent medical care, clean drinking water, tents, food and other basic necessities.