Water & Sanitation Project “Making clean water a reality, one community at a time” 443 million school days )) > tte lost each year due to water-related illness. Women and children spend 200 million hours a day collecting 1 = Every minute a child dies of a water-related disease The UN estimates that Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion potential work hours per year collecting water. Access to clean water and sanitation not only improves quality of life, but also yields tangible health and economic benefits, and contributes to poverty reduction. Searching for DONORS Ep Establishment of Water and Sanitation (Watsan) Committee and provide training Communities Santrokofi-Bume Improve Gravity Benua Water Systems Gbordome Construction of KVIP latrines with = overhead tanks for hand-washing = More people have a is ‘ mobile phone than a toilet of the global disease burden could 10% be reduced through improved water Lack of sanitation is the World's supply, sanitation, hygiene, and water Peete anaaerenc leading cause of infection 88% of global cases of diarrhea is estimated to be attributable to unsafe drinking water, Diarrhea is the second leading inadequate sanitation, and poor hygiene. cause of death among children under five in the world. Shape Lives Foundation ; ‘The Shape Lives Foundation is a registered NGO Ere een au esvome Ka). in Ghana dedicated to supporting and implementing ee eee development projects relating to education, environment, Baile lexanden@ shapelives. org) poverty reduction and health care. Project Coordinator