Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. We are living today in a world that nearly 1 billion people do not have access to it. Water is the base and essence of our life. Still today, in whole Africa, far too many people spend their entire day searching for clean water.
ALIF is providing remote villages and vulnerable communities with access to clean safe drinking water:
Having no access to clean water for 1 Billion People in the world
Almost one-fifth of the world’s population, live in areas of water scarcity 2.4 billion, 1 in 3, lack access to a toilet. In developing countries, 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions.
Every 90 seconds a child dies
Water-borne diseases kill more children under five than malaria, measles, & HIV/AIDS – combined.
Women walk 6 hours every day to get water
Women walk for many hours every day, just to get a drop of water
People are forced to drink a water that
3.4 million deaths a year from water diseases, making it leading cause of death in world
