The Problem: Only 56% of Africa's population has access to clean water. For many people around the world, safe drinking water is a scarce resource, and out of necessity they resort to what's available- polluted water. But contaminated water isn't just dirty, it's deadly. Millions of people die each year of diseases like cholera and typhoid fever which are caused by poor sanitation. Diarrhea alone kills more than 4000 children each day. Millions of others are seriously sickened by a host of water-related ailments, many of which are easily preventable. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease in the world. |
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