59.8 million people don't have access to clean water close to home.
59.8 million people don't have access to clean water close to home.
That's almost half the population.
More than 111.9 million people don't have a decent toilet of their own.
More than 111.9 million people don't have a decent toilet of their own.
That's nine in ten people.
More than 9,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhoea
More than 9,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhoea
caused by dirty water, and poor toilets and hygiene.
Reaching rural Ethiopia
Ferenji's village is small, home to fewer than 200 people. Here, drinking dirty water was a normal part of life. “We didn’t get to pick and choose what water we drank,” he explains. “People got sick all the time.”
We helped bring clean water to Ferenji’s village using a 400-metre pipe from a clean spring on a hill. A concrete top protects it from animals and floods. It ensures that the water piped down to the centre of the village remains clean.
81-year-old Ferenji is thrilled about the water supply. He says, “I will die knowing my children will have water in their village.”
13 years of clean water
What can you remember about 2004? For Mehari, it was the year clean water first arrived in his village. Catch up with him, 13 years after that life-changing moment.
