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The World’s Poorest Need Clean Water
A lack of safe water and sanitation accounts for 2 million deaths a year and half the illness in the developing world
Imagine turning on the tap and questioning whether it is safe for your family to drink what comes out — if anything comes out at all.
One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies and increasing their risk for illness.
We usually don’t have to worry whether the water we need to survive will make us sick. In the developing world, water-related diseases such as cholera, typhoid, malaria afflict millions, keeping mothers and fathers from the work that supports their families and killing 6,000 children per day.
