For billions of people around the world, accessing clean water is not as easy as turning on your faucet.
– 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services.
– An estimated 446,000 children younger than 5 years die from waterborne illnesses like diarrhea.
– 670 million lack basic hygiene services with no handwashing facilities at all.
The good news is our charity partners listed below are working to ensure access to clean water is a reality for everyone around the world. Their programs include drilling wells; installing pumps, pipes and toilets; educating communities about proper hygiene and sanitation; and more.
Explore the resources below to see the impact of their work.
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- Title: Supporting Local Livelihoods
- Charity: Action Against Hunger
- Country: Peru
- Photo Credit: Dennis Zevallos
Around the world, Action Against Hunger is helping families suffering from hunger to find new ways to earn income and put food on their tables. For example, in Peru, we helped the Oré family to relaunch their business: a trout farm. In the ponds in the above photo, they raise the fish for eating and selling for additional income.
- Title: Emergency Drought Response
- Charity: Action Against Hunger
- Country: Madagascar
- Photo Credit: Stéphane Rakotomalala
Droughts in Grand Sud, Madagascar, have sharply increased in both frequency and intensity in recent years. Bearing the full brunt of the effects of climate change, families who live in this region have seen drastic impacts on their livelihoods and health. In 2020, there were virtually no rains and this trend continued in 2021. Historically low rainfall levels depleted the few sources of clean water that existed in this chronically dry region. As a result, water-borne illnesses such as diarrhea have increased sharply. And, without rain, there could be no harvests. Food insecurity and malnutrition have increased dramatically. Action Against Hunger’s teams are on the ground, treating malnutrition and helping farmers adapt.
- Title: Supporting Refugees
- Charity: Action Against Hunger
- Country: Uganda
- Photo Credit: Solomon Serwanjja
Uganda is home to more than one million refugees, who are welcomed to the country with a small plot of land, the ability to work and go to school, and more. To help both refugees and the communities that host them, Action Against Hunger works with groups of farmers to help them learn new skills, grow new crops, and make the most of the limited land and water they have.
- Title: Providing Emergency Nutrition Support
- Charity: Action Against Hunger
- Country: Yemen
- Photo Credit: Nada Al-Saqaf
Now almost three years old, Watheek was born in displacement. His family fled their home when the war in Yemen worsened. With six children living in a small one-room house, his parents struggle to get by. Watheek suffered from malnutrition in 2021, and received treatment from Action Against Hunger.
- Title: Reverse Osmosis Provides Clean Water in Gaza
- Charity: Anera
- Country: Palestine, State of
- Photo Credit: Ibrahim Zaanoun
Anera installed an RO unit at Baytouna Community Center to meet the needs of 30,000 residents living in the northern parts of Gaza. According to WHO, 97% of Gaza tap water is too salinated and contaminated for human consumption. This Community center provides clean and safe water to help increase access to water and hopefully reduce the severity of the problem in Gaza. Anera has been installing reverse osmosis (RO) systems at public facilities to increase the population’s access to safe, clean, and sustainable water sources.