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Donate Now | Emergency Hygiene Kits Save Lives

Nepal Flooding
Hygiene kits are core to our emergency response and save lives. 

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Emergency Water Supplies

The water portion of the hygiene kit often contains items like a storage bucket with a lid for safe water storage. Purification tablets to make sure the water is safe to drink. Oral re-hydration tablets to help people recover from dehydration in the immediate aftermath, cups and more.
 
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Basic Hygiene Supplies

The hygiene portion of the hygiene kit covers the familar everyday items we all rely on to maintain basic hygiene. Items include dental supplies, hair brush or a comb, hand soap, multiple wash cloths, feminine hygiene products, underwear and diapers for very young children.
 
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Family Living Supplies

This portion of the kit covers many of the elements a family might need during the recovery period. Everything in this section helps to make the situation sustainable in a basic way while repairs take place. Items include laundry supplies, flashlights and batteries, mosquito nets if applicable, reuseable water bottles and more.
 
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Picture of rows of blue hygiene kit buckets, with lids. Branded with WaterAid label.

Kits like these save lives

When water and toilet systems are damaged because of flooding, waterborne diseases like cholera spread quickly, putting more lives at risk. If people don't have clean water or soap, it is impossible to stay healthy.

What's in a hygiene kit?

Water Supplies Hygiene Bag containing: Family Living Supplies:
Water Bucket (Lid for Storage) Wash Cloths Flashlight + Battteries
Water Purification Tablets Soap + Soap Box Clothes Line + Pegs
Cup(s) Toothbrushes + Toothpaste Reusable Bottles
Rehydration Tablets Underwear + Diapers Laundry Soap
Hairbrush or Comb Safety Pins
Feminine Hygiene Products Nail Clippers

Why WaterAid?

Since 1981, WaterAid has reached nearly 30 million people with clean water. We work hand in hand with communities to install systems that are locally owned, repaired and maintained, so our projects work long-term.
This is how we unlock better health, education and economic opportunity for the entire community. Water touches everything.

Why are we here?
Water changes everything. We are WaterAid and we have one goal: change the world with water. 

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