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Support Our Clean Water Projects in Ethiopia
Tesfa (Hope) International believes that everyone deserves clean and safe drinking water. Join us in our effort to dig clean water drinking wells in rural Ethiopian village centers. Support our clean water projects in Ethiopia by donating to the cause today.
The Facts About Unsafe Drinking Water
The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) has indicated that access to safe drinking water is the developing world’s most severe problem:
- 80% of sicknesses worldwide are caused by unsafe drinking water and a lack of sanitation
- Every year, 3.6 million people die from waterborne diseases.
- Every 15 seconds, a child dies from water-related diseases.
- One in eight children lacks access to safe drinking water.
- More children die from diarrheal illnesses like cholera and dysentery (caused by unsafe drinking water) than from HIV/AIDS and malaria combined.
- Over half of hospital beds in developing nations are filled by individuals drinking unsafe water.
