In December 2005 in southern Sudan, a boy drinks water from the Akuem River, near the village of Malual Kon in Bahr el Ghazal State. Only about one-third of the population has access to safe drinking water, and the threat of water-borne disease has increased as towns swell due to the return of displaced people and refugees following decades of civil war.
2005 © UNICEF/NYHQ2005-1987/Georgina Cranston
VIDEO REPORT: Chad has one of the lowest rates of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services in the world. The result has been recurrent outbreaks of diseases like polio, meningitis and cholera. While access to safe water and sanitation is improving in urban areas, children in rural areas are almost always at risk from these sanitation-related diseases.
Join UNICEF correspondent Guy Hubbard as he reports on a UNICEF programme that is improving sanitation in rural Chad.
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VIDEO REPORT: Schools offer good hygiene, good health
In South Sudan, UNICEF supports water, sanitation and hygiene services and education in schools, enabling students to become agents of positive change in their communities.
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On 6 March 2012, the world met the Millennium Development Goal to half the number of people without access to safe water, in advance of the 2015 deadline. But, disparities loom large, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to over 40 per cent of people who still lack access to this vital resource. Marie Bola carries a water bucket, in her village of Mabala. The country’s drinking water coverage remains among the lowest worldwide.
DR Congo, 2010 ©UNICEF/Asselin
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe water has been met, according to a new UNICEF/WHO report.
Watch as Grammy award-winner Lenny Kravitz joins the efforts to expand access to safe water even further…”Let’s make it right,” he says.
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VIDEO REPORT: Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Lenny Kravitz lends his voice to support UNICEF’s work in advocating for every child’s right to access clean water and adequate sanitation.
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