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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 Rishelle Short visiting orphans in Sudan. These two are brother and sister, both are HIV positive. Their father went crazy and shot their mother and then shot himself. They are now in an orphanage in the village of Wudu, home of Hope for the Future, Southern Sudan.  Two Sudanese village boys from Limi. |
A Sudanese woman at the market.   Jordan Short taking a photo of village boys in Limi, Sudan. |
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