Communities Realize the Need for Improved Sanitation
Posted by: NomadsLand Associate Editor
Posted on: January 22, 2010
Posted in: Global Crisis, Health, Nonprofit Video, Video, Water
Clean water is essential for life, but one in eight of the world’s population does not have access to it. This, and lack of safe sanitation, result in 1.4 million children dying from water-related diseases every year.
The lack of clean water means millions of women and children spend hours each day searching for water and carrying it home. This exhausting task can cause damage to their heads, necks and spines, and leaves them with little time for productive work or education.
Sanitation can be defined as access to safe, clean and effective human urine and feces disposal facilities. Worldwide, 2.5 billion people live without this essential service and the resulting diarrheal diseases kill 4,000 children a day.



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