Dara Johnston
@darajohnston.bsky.social
Humanitarian, engineer, sustainable development advocate, optimist. UNICEF WASH Chief, State of Palestine. Husband, & father of 2 adults.
As the ceasefire continues in #Gaza, #UNICEF will continue the humanitarian operations; providing safe water and emergency sanitation, but at the same time begin the process of recovery and reconstruction.
#Water #Wastewater #Sanitation #Hygiene #SDG6
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#Water #Wastewater #Sanitation #Hygiene #SDG6
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With a ceasefire in Gaza, UNICEF begins assessing the damage to water and wastewater infrastructure
to water and wastewater infrastructure
www.unicef.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As the ceasefire continues in #Gaza, #UNICEF will continue the humanitarian operations; providing safe water and emergency sanitation, but at the same time begin the process of recovery and reconstruction.
#Water #Wastewater #Sanitation #Hygiene #SDG6
www.unicef.org/sop/stories/...
#Water #Wastewater #Sanitation #Hygiene #SDG6
www.unicef.org/sop/stories/...
"The humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands immediate action. The silence of some world leaders is dangerously close to complicity. It is no longer sustainable."
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The Irish Times view on starvation in Gaza: the world cannot look away
The silence of some leaders is dangerously close to complicity
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July 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands immediate action. The silence of some world leaders is dangerously close to complicity. It is no longer sustainable."
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Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the U.N. Do Its Job. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the U.N. Do Its Job.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the U.N. Do Its Job. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
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The only thing children are seeing coming into Gaza right now are bombs and missiles.
More and more children are being killed because of Israel's blockade.
The level of illegality is almost unprecedented.
The aid restrictions must end. There must be a ceasefire now.
#gaza
More and more children are being killed because of Israel's blockade.
The level of illegality is almost unprecedented.
The aid restrictions must end. There must be a ceasefire now.
#gaza
May 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The only thing children are seeing coming into Gaza right now are bombs and missiles.
More and more children are being killed because of Israel's blockade.
The level of illegality is almost unprecedented.
The aid restrictions must end. There must be a ceasefire now.
#gaza
More and more children are being killed because of Israel's blockade.
The level of illegality is almost unprecedented.
The aid restrictions must end. There must be a ceasefire now.
#gaza
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UNICEF’s Jonathan Crickx spoke to RTÉ This Week about the alarming and catastrophic crisis for children in Gaza.
He said children are suffering from constant intense bombardment and severe malnutrition.
👉 Listen to more: rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#gaza
He said children are suffering from constant intense bombardment and severe malnutrition.
👉 Listen to more: rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#gaza
May 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
UNICEF’s Jonathan Crickx spoke to RTÉ This Week about the alarming and catastrophic crisis for children in Gaza.
He said children are suffering from constant intense bombardment and severe malnutrition.
👉 Listen to more: rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#gaza
He said children are suffering from constant intense bombardment and severe malnutrition.
👉 Listen to more: rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#gaza
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The killing of at least 45 children in Gaza in the last two days is another reminder that children are suffering first and foremost.
There are no safe spaces left anymore.
The daily suffering and killing of children must end immediately.
#gaza #ceasefirenow
There are no safe spaces left anymore.
The daily suffering and killing of children must end immediately.
#gaza #ceasefirenow
May 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The killing of at least 45 children in Gaza in the last two days is another reminder that children are suffering first and foremost.
There are no safe spaces left anymore.
The daily suffering and killing of children must end immediately.
#gaza #ceasefirenow
There are no safe spaces left anymore.
The daily suffering and killing of children must end immediately.
#gaza #ceasefirenow
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Since March 2, 2025, no aid or commercial goods have been allowed into #Gaza — the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war. Supplies are rapidly running out.
A ceasefire must be reinstated. The lives of nearly 1 million children are at stake.
A ceasefire must be reinstated. The lives of nearly 1 million children are at stake.
Aid Blockade in Gaza Leaves Children at Grave Risk
No food, fuel, medicine or other essentials have been allowed into the Gaza Strip since March 2, 2025.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Since March 2, 2025, no aid or commercial goods have been allowed into #Gaza — the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war. Supplies are rapidly running out.
A ceasefire must be reinstated. The lives of nearly 1 million children are at stake.
A ceasefire must be reinstated. The lives of nearly 1 million children are at stake.
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As violence returns to Gaza, children’s lives are once again in extreme danger. This war has cost the lives of tens of thousands of children, and last night at least another 130 were reportedly killed - the largest single-day child death toll in the last year.
March 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
As violence returns to Gaza, children’s lives are once again in extreme danger. This war has cost the lives of tens of thousands of children, and last night at least another 130 were reportedly killed - the largest single-day child death toll in the last year.
‘The Irish Sea is to be renamed the British Sea – and from now on underwear will be worn on the outside’
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Donald Clarke: The Irish Sea is to be renamed the British Sea – and from now on underwear will be worn on the outside
A few years ago this would have seemed no more absurd than a US president renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America
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February 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
‘The Irish Sea is to be renamed the British Sea – and from now on underwear will be worn on the outside’
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Wow. This speech, with English subtitles, from Israeli MK Gilad Kariv, who’s also a Reform rabbi, is 🔥💔 🎤.
The racist messianic legislators he’s addressing won’t change but it needed to be said to their faces & is something to behold.
The racist messianic legislators he’s addressing won’t change but it needed to be said to their faces & is something to behold.
🚨🕎If you listen to a single Hanukkah message this year, make it this one, from Israeli Rabbi and legislator MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv
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MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv: The Hanukkah Message We All Need to Hear This Year
YouTube video by Unxeptable
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December 28, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Wow. This speech, with English subtitles, from Israeli MK Gilad Kariv, who’s also a Reform rabbi, is 🔥💔 🎤.
The racist messianic legislators he’s addressing won’t change but it needed to be said to their faces & is something to behold.
The racist messianic legislators he’s addressing won’t change but it needed to be said to their faces & is something to behold.
If the [Irish] Government capitulates to Donald Trump, it will have the blood of children on its hands
@FreePalestine
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@FreePalestine
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Justine McCarthy: If the Government capitulates to Donald Trump, it will have the blood of children on its hands
Throughout the general election campaign, voters were assured that a future Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael government would support the existing Bill. Yet soon after Christmas, the mood music changed
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February 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If the [Irish] Government capitulates to Donald Trump, it will have the blood of children on its hands
@FreePalestine
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@FreePalestine
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The ceasefire deal has begun and UNICEF trucks with water, hygiene kits and nutrition items are entering the Gaza Strip.
A ceasefire agreement is a critical first step, but it must be upheld. Parties to conflict must ensure safe, unimpeded access for aid to reach every child.
© UNICEF/Habeel
A ceasefire agreement is a critical first step, but it must be upheld. Parties to conflict must ensure safe, unimpeded access for aid to reach every child.
© UNICEF/Habeel
January 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The ceasefire deal has begun and UNICEF trucks with water, hygiene kits and nutrition items are entering the Gaza Strip.
A ceasefire agreement is a critical first step, but it must be upheld. Parties to conflict must ensure safe, unimpeded access for aid to reach every child.
© UNICEF/Habeel
A ceasefire agreement is a critical first step, but it must be upheld. Parties to conflict must ensure safe, unimpeded access for aid to reach every child.
© UNICEF/Habeel
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The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming.
Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...
Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...
January 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming.
Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...
Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...
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Ireland has been surpassed as ‘the largest open-air lunatic asylum in the world’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/2024...
Ireland has been surpassed as ‘the largest open-air lunatic asylum in the world’
In a Word ... Old
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January 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ireland has been surpassed as ‘the largest open-air lunatic asylum in the world’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/2024...
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FDA Bans Captain Morgan Rum After Having Way Too Much Of That Shit In College
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December 30, 2024 at 9:47 PM
FDA Bans Captain Morgan Rum After Having Way Too Much Of That Shit In College
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"Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year." by Hannah Osborne for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.
The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein...
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December 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
"Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year." by Hannah Osborne for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
