Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Global WASH Cluster Newsletter in 2023! In this update, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news and key updates from National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as UNICEF, IASC, RWSN, MIT, IRC, LSHTM, EAWAG and UNINE.
Following recent GWC data, an estimated 168.2 Million people will need humanitarian WASH assistance in 2024 in 28 countries (compared to 186.9M in 33 countries in 2023). For the humanitarian WASH Sector, the funding gap is still immense. In 2023, 4.2 billion USD have been requested and only 35% of the funding has been received (1.48 billion USD) as of December 2023 (source: FTS).
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