Sanitation

Sanitation

According to joint WHO and UNICEF data, 36 percent of the world population lack access to basic sanitation facilities, and 768 million people regularly go without clean drinking water. This contributes to the cycle of poverty for families and communities in developing countries. But the problem doesn’t end there. Lacking access to clean water and facilities means constant weakness through diarrhea, choosing whether to buy water or medicine, fewer resources to grow crops—in essence not being able to support one’s own livelihood. For girls, an absence of sanitation facilities in schools can deny them a chance at education.