Would You Drink This Water?

If you live in a rural Congolese village, you

probably drink water like this everyday.

 

 

Overall, less than half of the Congolese population has access to safe drinking water.  Access to clean drinking and sanitation is even more critical in the rural Congo.  Beyond the clear impact of inadequate water and sanitation on child health, the daily struggle to find clean water is itself a major obstacle to development, according to UNICEF Chief of Water, Environment and Sanitation Vanessa Tobin.  "It's the impact of the time that it takes for young women and young girls to carry water—sometimes up to two hours in the morning or up to two hours in the evening—as a result of the fact that any water supply is so far from their community," she said.  The urban-rural divide reveals some of the largest disparities in access to safe water and basic sanitation, most obviously in sub-Saharan Africa, where less than half of the population in rural communities has access to safe water. (Source: Progress for Children, UNICEF)

Congo Helping Hands will stop this practice by drilling water wells in central Congo.

 

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By Woody M. Collins

President, Congo Helping Hands

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