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Why Water?
2.2 billion people
(30% of the world's population) lack safe water at home.
1.98 billion people
globally do not have basic water services at their health care facility.
206 million people
spend more than 30 minutes per round trip collecting water.
17 million women
in least developed countries give birth in health care facilities with inadequate water.
Clean water changes everything: Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. 43% of those deaths are children under five years old. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.
How Clean Water Creates Impact
Health
Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. 43% of those deaths are children under five years old. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.
Time
In Africa alone, women spend 40 billion hours a year walking for water. Access to clean water gives communities more time to grow food, earn an income, and go to school -- all of which fight poverty.
Education
Clean water helps keep kids in school, especially girls. Less time collecting water means more time in class. Clean water and proper toilets at school means teenage girls don't have to stay home for a week out of every month.
Women Empowerment
Women are responsible for 72% of the water collected in Sub-Saharan Africa. When a community gets water, women and girls get their lives back. They start businesses, improve their homes, and take charge of their own futures.
Educational Resources
Blog
- • How can I protect myself from coronavirus?
- • Achieving clean water, sanitation and hygiene for all in Nigeria
Publications
- • Urban Sanitation Full Synthesis Report
- • Urban Sanitation Study Executive Summary
- Available in PDF downloadable format
COVID-19 Resources
- • The water, sanitation and hygiene crisis
- • Our Covid-19 response
- • See the latest on COVID-19 from the WHO
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