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BULAWAYO, Mar 22 2010 (IPS) – When there are water cuts in Bulawayo, the plants in 59-year-old Ntombizodwa Makati s vegetable garden are still watered but she and her family go thirsty.
Small scale farmers in Bulawayo are able to use recycled waste water for their crops as lack of adequate rainfall affects the region, thanks to the local city council s programme. But there are no programmes in place to provide drinking water for households in the area. Makati is one of many urban residents living in poor suburbs, in a city of two million people, who face constant and prolonged water shortages.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter: “We must get to work to make sure the vaccine is available to everyone, everywhere. With this pandemic, none of us are safe until all of us are safe.”
Benny Kuruvilla heads the India office of , an Asia-based think tank providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change.
Wearing a full protective suit, a woman doctor who leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients at a community hospital in the Philippines. Credit: UN Women/Louie Pacardo
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 4 2021 (IPS) – As the pandemic spills into its second year, th…