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Lack of access to clean water has been iden- perienced shock, and of these, 72% cited wa-

tified as a critical health issue in Kamonia ter-related disease as the source of shock;

territory, leading to an increase in disease Gender-based violence against wom-

and compromising food aid and agricultur- en and girls due to the distance be-

al livelihood activities. tween sources and households.

Unsafe hygiene practices increase the risk

60% of households in Kasai, Kamonia get of water-related diseases (diarrheal diseas-

their water from an unimproved source, es that reduce nutritional absorption, chol-

and household members - mostly women era...)

and girls - may spend hours each day fetch-

ing water. Unsafe water increases the risk With this in mind, ADRA, in its BURE-

of disease, including cholera, which the re- KA project, has integrated WASH into

gion has experienced from the 65% of re- the Agriculture and VSLA package.

spondents to the June-July IPC (Integrated

Food Security Classification) survey who ex-

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