World Water Week. Horn of Africa drought highlights critical need to maintain water pumps and wells

The devastating drought afflicting the people of the Horn of Africa has highlighted the critical need to respond to early warning and ensure community water facilities are well maintained and fully operational when disaster strikes.

As World Water Week gets underway in Stockholm, the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling on governments and donors to do more to equip vulnerable communities with both the knowledge and the technical capabilities to maintain vital water facilities such as wells and pumps, which provide a critical life-line when water-related emergencies take hold.