Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
- 2 billion people around the world do not have ‘safely managed drinking water services’ – ie they don’t have clean running water
- 2 billion people do not have ‘safely managed sanitation services’ -ie they don’t have hygienic toilets
- 3 billion lack ‘basic handwashing facilities’ – ie they cannot wash their hands with soap and water in the home
The Joint Monitoring Programme report, Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2017: Special focus on inequalities reveals that while 1.8 billion people have gained access to basic drinking water services since 2000, there are huge inequalities in the accessibility, availability and quality of these services.
It is estimated that 1 in 10 people (785 million) still lack basic services, including an astonishingly large number of 144 million people who drink untreated surface water.
The data shows that 8 in 10 people living in rural areas lacked access to clean water.
The report highlighted new data showing 3 billion people lack basic handwashing facilities with soap and water at home in 2017. And that nearly ¾ of the population of the Least Developed Countries did not have basic handwashing facilities.
SaniTap knows that its aim and mission meets a real and widespread human need. Partnering with SaniTap will save lives.
