Seeking Clean Water-Bellesi's KA/World Vision Trip to Ethiopia

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4500 Children die of This Daily ---Dirty Water




◦ 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in eight of the world's population. (WHO/UNICEF)
◦ 2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, this is almost two fifths of the world's population. (WHO/UNICEF)
◦ 1.4 million children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation - 4,000 child deaths a day or one child every 20 seconds. This equates to 160 infant school classrooms lost every single day to an entirely preventable public health crisis. (WHO/WaterAid)
◦ 7 out of 10 people without sanitation live in rural areas. (WHO/UNICEF)
◦ Diarrhoea kills more children every year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. (WHO)
◦ Children living in households with no toilet are twice as likely to get diarrhoea as those with a toilet. (WEDC)
◦ Every year, around 60 million children in the developing world are born into households without access to sanitation. (UN Water)
◦ One gram of human faeces can contain 10,000,000 viruses, 1,000,000 bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts, 100 parasite eggs. (UNICEF)
◦ At any one time half the hospital beds in developing countries are filled with people suffering from diarrhoea.
◦ 8 out of 10 people without safe water live in rural areas. (WHO/UNICEF)
◦ The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20kg, the same as the average UK airport luggage allowance. (HDR)
◦ The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every day for their drinking, washing and cooking. (WSSCC)
◦ The average European uses 200 litres of water every day for their drinking, washing and cooking. North Americans use 400 litres. (HDR)
◦ On current trends over the next 20 years humans will use 40% more water than they do now. (UNEP)
◦ Agriculture accounts for over 80% of the world's water consumption. (UNEP)
◦ 97.5% of the earth's water is saltwater. If the world's water fitted into a bucket, only one teaspoonful would be drinkable. (HDR)
◦ For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, $8 is returned in increased productivity. (UNDP)
◦ Lack of safe water and sanitation costs sub-Saharan Africa around 5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) each year. (UNDP)
◦ 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases.
◦ 11% more girls attend school when sanitation is available. (UK DFID)

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