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The Need

1000 children die daily from poor sanitation

• 2,100,000,000 people do not have taps that bring fresh water to their houses.  That’s 3 in 10 people.
• 4,500,000,000 people do not have toilets in their house.  That’s 6 in 10 people.
• 361,000 children aged under 5 die each year from water-born diarrhoea caused by contaminated water. Almost 1,000 children a day.
• 900,000,000 school children have no handwashing facilities.

Most people take safe water and basic indoor plumbing for granted. But a substantial water access gap exists, We seek to lift up new voices to help us achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal #6 of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

That's where you come in.