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The Ebo clean water project benefits 27, 000 people in seven villages including 15,000 school children, with clean water in their school and households. Young girls now can attend school regularly without spending more time looking for water.

How Ethiopia managed to supply water to 48 million people

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Today, we’re celebrating something special in Ethiopia – reaching the water Goal 7c of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What does this mean? Put simply, it means 57 percent of the country’s population now is drinking water from an improved water supply such as a tap or hand pump, rather than from an open stream. By… Read more →←
A young woman helps an elderly woman lift a bucket of water A young woman helps an elderly woman lift a bucket of water she just filled from a UNICEF-sponsored hand pump in the village of Mano Njaigbla, Kenema district, Sierra Leone.

How can we ensure ‘sanitation and water for all’?

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In two weeks over 50 member countries of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership will meet at the headquarters of the World Bank to signal their determination to bring to their citizens the benefits of two of the most basic necessities of life: safe drinking water and adequate toilets. They will also be making tangible commitments,… Read more →←

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