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Water crisis

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Ending the water crisis in a community is the first step out of poverty.

Water crisis in the Horn of Africa

For children in the Horn of Africa, water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. The region is in its third consecutive year of below-average rainfall, and is now experiencing the impacts of one of the worst climate-induced emergencies of the past 40 years.1 The protracted drought has led to a water crisis, with more than 8.5 million people, including 4.2 million children, facing dire water shortages across the region. Water scarcity is killing livestock, drying up crops and driving families from their homes in search of water. Coupled with ongoing conflict and displacement, the children and families in the Horn of Africa are at serious risk of disease, starvation and death. Over 20 million people in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, including 10 million children, will need water and food assistance through 2022 and beyond due to drought, insecurity, economic challenges, and conflict.2

Facts

  • 88% increase in household water insecurity from 5.6 million to 10.5 million.
  • 38% increase in people in need from 14.5 million to 20 million.
  • 37% increase in the number of severely wasted children admitted for treatment in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021.
  • 40% increase in IPC 3+4 food insecurity, from 11.6 million to 16 million.
  • 15 million children are out of school, and 3.3 million children are at risk of dropping out.
  • More than 50% increase in child marriage and female genital mutilation in many drought-affected regions compared to 2021.

Children often bear the burden of walking miles each day to find water in streams and ponds. Sickness and the time lost fetching it robs entire communities of their futures.

IMAGINE

When your child comes to you, asking you for food, and you have no food for her to eat, and yet you have to send her to fetch water With an empty stomach.

With an empty stomach, she has to walk 6 hours for a gallon of dirty water.

Because of that water, imagine seeing your daughter take her last breath.

Water Crisis

HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ​CLEAN WATER

Give children access to clean water and help save lives. Every day, more than 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by unclean water, or a lack of sanitation and hygiene.

Poor sanitation, water and hygiene affect more than just children`s health. Children – particularly girls – often miss out on education because schools lack proper toilets and hand-washing facilities.

Others miss out because they have to spend their days making long journeys to collect clean water rather than going to school.

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HELP US REACH MORE COMMUNITIES WITH CLEAN WATER, PROPER SANITATION, AND GOOD HYGIENE

For children to grow up healthy and happy, they need access to clean water, proper sanitation, and good hygiene. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are basic human rights, that MWT is working to uphold for every child.

It’s about health – a lack of these things causes diseases that kill over 800 children every day. It’s about time – millions of children miss out on an education because they spend hours every day collecting water. And it’s about fairness – the most vulnerable children are often the worst affected.

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6 IN 10 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, OR 4.5 BILLION, LACK SAFELY MANAGED SANITATION

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The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked, “Which charity is best?” He replied, “(Providing) water”. (Abu Dawud)

DONATE £20 PER MONTH TO GIVE PEOPLE CLEAN, SAFE WATER FOR YEARS TO COME!

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Monthly giving: the simple way to make your donations do more.

Monthly giving is the most effective way to help the children and families who need it most. It lowers costs, which means more of your gift helps kids! Plus, your donations will be delivering the right solution at just the right time. And while your gifts are changing lives, you’ll get to see the power of your generosity through quarterly updates.

With your help we can.

  • Build life saving wells and water tanks for Compassion-assisted children, their families and their communities.
  • Construct toilet blocks and give children, especially girls, the facilities and privacy they need.
  • Keep children in the classroom by removing the need for them to collect water.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED.

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