Poverty and Water

Washing dishes in stagnant water

One of our health workers in Luapula, Zambia, recently sent this picture of a client she was visiting who has been ill.  When she arrived at the visit, she found the mother, knee deep in a stagnant pool of water, washing her dishes in the cloudy water. It is no mystery why people constantly fight illnesses caused by unsafe water. 

According to The Water Project, nearly one billion people do not have access to clean, safe water.  If you do the numbers, that means about 1 in 8 people in our world are affected.  For women, this is particularly daunting as they try to safeguard the health of their family and carry out the duties of everyday living.

This is a problem that cannot be solved over night but is, without question, solvable!!  We just need to work together address the problem one community at a time.