44.5 million people don't have clean water close to home.
44.5 million people don't have clean water close to home.
That's one in five people.
116.8 million people don't have a decent toilet of their own.
116.8 million people don't have a decent toilet of their own.
That's just over half the population.
More than 65,000 children under the age of five die ever year from diarrhoea
More than 65,000 children under the age of five die ever year from diarrhoea
caused by dirty water, poor toilets and no hygiene facilities.
Nowhere better to go
The Ajeromi-Ifelodun slum in Lagos is one of many where no running water or sewage system exists for people like Modinatu. Across the country, millions of people have no choice but to go to the toilet in the open.