Clean Water Project

In 2017 we were able to secure a well for safe drinking water. A kitchen, bathroom & shower facility, and teachers bathroom were completed prior to .

• Some 829,000 people are estimated to die each year from diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking-water, sanitation and hand hygiene.

• Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio.

• Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 8 out of 10 households with water off-premises.

• The average container for water collection in Africa, the jerrycan, weighs over 40 lbs when full.

• 335 million girls attend primary and secondary schools without water and soap available for washing their hands when changing sanitary pads or cloths.

• 1 million deaths each year are associated with unclean births. Adequate sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities (running water, soap, sterile equipment, onsite toilet facilities, adequate sharps disposal) could prevent 26% of neonatal deaths and 11% of maternal mortality. (WHO/UNICEF 2019).