rosaria mabica: wateraid workshop, 23 may 2013
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Water as a ResourceTimeyin Uwejamomere
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NEWSTEAD WOOD SCHOOLCAREERS SEMINAR
14 February 2013
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live without safe water.
One in ten people
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• One in ten people live without access to safe water – around 783 million people.
• 2,000 children die every day from water-related diseases.
• On average, people in developing countries use just 10 litres of water a day – Americans use 400 litres of water a day.
WaterAid/Layton Thompson
Living without safe water
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• 2.5 billion people worldwide live without a toilet.
• Poor sanitation deprives women of privacy and exposes them to the risk of attack.
• Diarrhoea kills more children every year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined – it’s the second biggest killer of children under five worldwide.
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Living without a toilet
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• Hand-washing with soap can reduce the incidence of diarrhoea by up to 47%.
• Water, sanitation and hygiene combined can reduce deaths from diarrhoeal diseases by an average of 65%.
• One gram of human faeces can contain 10,000,000 viruses, 1,000,000 bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts, 100 parasite eggs.
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Hygiene matters
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• For every dollar invested in water and sanitation, $4 is returned in increased productivity.
• 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases.
• 40 billion working hours are lost each year in Africa to time spent carrying water.
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Wider impacts
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WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation.
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Our vision
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WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities.
We work with partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact.
Our mission
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Where we work
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WaterAid works with partners to influence policy and deliver safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation services that are:
Appropriate
Integrated
Sustainable
Informed
Transferable
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How we work
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WaterAid/Caroline Irby
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Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2006
The world’s poorest people
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Improved sanitationUnimproved sanitationOpen defecation
Source: UNICEF/WHO Population weighted average for South Asia, based on 2006 and 2007 surveys in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan.
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Water and sanitation for all
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In 2011/12 WaterAid reached 1.6 million people with safe water and 1.9 million people with sanitation.
WaterAid47-49 Durham StreetLondon SE11 5JDwww.wateraid.orgRegistered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland) WaterAid/Marco Betti
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