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      南苏丹冲突导致清洁饮用水供应严重中断，近510万人缺乏清洁水和卫生设施。UNICEF及其合作伙伴修复了本提乌的水处理厂，为当地居民提供安全饮用水，改善生活。

(Story from UNICEF): The supply of clean drinking water in South Sudan has been severely disrupted by the conflict, as water points have been damaged or fallen into disrepair.

Unsafe water puts people, especially children, at increased risk of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera. In South Sudan, nearly 5.1 million people lack clean water, adequate sanitation and hygiene.

“No matter how much food a malnourished child eats, he or she will not get better if the water they are drinking is not safe,” says Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes.

UNICEF and partners rehabilitated the water treatment plant, piping safe water all over the town of Bentiu, South Sudan. The rehabilitated water treatment plant and pipeline has been life-changing for the residents here.