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<title><![CDATA[World Water Day: Water brings life to refugee village in Uganda, and income to one family]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Congolese refugees in a settlement in southwest Uganda understand the true meaning of World Water Day – cooperating in managing the water well. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan helping communities that have hosted Afghan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A solar power project to pump water is providing an innovative solution for thousands of people living in arid and remote villages in southern Pakistan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR completes major water project for Somali refugees in Ethiopia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR formally inaugurates a water and electrification project that will benefit Somali refugees and members of the local community in eastern Ethiopia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps ease life for displaced Colombians in swampy shanty settlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Many of the displaced Colombians who flee to Tumaco on the Pacific coast live in the swampy Puerta del Sol settlement. UNHCR helps to make their lives easier.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrities visit refugee camp in Ethiopia after scaling Kilimanjaro]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Actress Jessica Biel and other celebrities visit a refugee camp in Ethiopia to see how water shortages affect forcibly displaced people across Africa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrities reach Kilimanjaro summit in hike to highlight water shortages, help refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch and other stars scale Mount Kilimanjaro in a quest to raise awareness about shortages of drinking water and raise money for UNHCR and others.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stars hike up Kilimanjaro to highlight global water shortages, raise funds for UNHCR and others]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch and other celebrities are taking part in a hike up Mount Kilimanjaro that will help UNHCR and raise awareness about shortages of drinking water.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Building latrines for thousands of displaced every year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR’s senior water and sanitation officer visits refugees camps around the world to plan and build water and sanitation systems, including latrines.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Water, water everywhere, but not all of it fit to drink for returnees in northern Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners have been building protected water sources in northern Uganda to help ensure the sustainable return of thousands of people to their homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Northern CAR: Isolated families call for basic security - and clean drinking water]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A lull in fighting in remote Kabo has allowed UNHCR to learn villagers are desperate for food, water, medicine - and above all, peace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR optimistic about meeting water needs of refugees in Ethiopia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has always faced difficulties ensuring that refugees in eastern Ethiopia have enough water, but is optimistic that new projects will solve the problem.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Water Day: How UNHCR is making water safe and plentiful in eastern Sudan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR focuses on distribution and safe storage of water in eastern Sudan camps housing tens of thousands of "forgotten people" in protracted refugee situation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Water Day: New approach to safeguard Chad's scarce water resources]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the Chad government launch a three-year water strategy aimed at overcoming shortages and ensuring enough water for all refugees and locals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Somali refugees suffer as Dadaab camp populations swell to 230,000]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Resources in three overcrowded camps in Dadaab, Kenya, have been stretched dangerously thin and refugees and aid workers are waiting for additional land.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tough challenges face Congolese returnees to South Kivu]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Congolese refugee returnees to South Kivu province know they face challenges, but some find the reality even tougher than they expected.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the fourth of five reports about Afghanistan at the crossroads, UNHCR's Vivian Tan meets a group of returnees who have survived land problems and ethnic tensions, but may have to spend winter under tents in northern Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps Afghan villagers to improve irrigation system]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A canal-cleaning project has helped to restore agriculture in Ambarkhana in eastern Afghanistan. But elsewhere, water and food problems are causing Afghans to leave their homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee status and clean water "change everything" for indigenous Colombians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency teams with the European Commission's humanitarian aid department to improve life for two native indigenous groups from Colombia now in Panama.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Water Day: Irrigation scheme in Malawi could transform lives of refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An irrigation project in southern Malawi, thought about for years but now planned in detail on the ground by UNHCR engineers, will supply year-round water for refugees at Luwani camp and nearby Malawians struggling to feed themselves.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Life-sustaining water project in Ethiopia will live on after refugees leave]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, Somali refugees have gradually returned to their homeland, but a life-sustaining water system originally installed in Ethiopia by the UN refugee agency will remain behind to ease the lives of both the last refugees and the local communities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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