Turning the tap on in the West Bank

Clean water is at a premium in the West Bank, where people live under the strain of the continuing occupation. The public health costs are huge: children contract disease by drinking contaminated water, and many people don't drink enough water, even in hot weather.

Oxfam is helping 150,000 Palestinians by delivering clean water to 32 villages across the West Bank. Learn more by clicking on the features below.

Improving water and sanitation

Whilst improving water and sanitation facilities in Jiftlik, Oxfam is holding hygiene and water promotion workshops to teach children about the difficult water situation in their village.

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New school facilities

Oxfam has renovated the sanitary block at Raba Village Girls' School, replacing a toilet block which was on the brink of collapse.

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Improving water and sanitation

Oxfam is helping improve water and sanitation facilities for Bedouins who, thanks to the Israeli policy of closure, are no longer able to roam freely across the West Bank.

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Maximising supplies

Waste water from the sinks in the girls' bathroom at Tammoun Girls' School is being used to water the neatly-tended garden at the heart of the school.

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Promoting public health

Volunteers in Beit Mirsem and Beit Al-Roush are working with Oxfam to promote public health and ensure that the water people are drinking is safe.

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This project is funded by the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO).