solidarites

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Despite the fact that access to drinking water and sanitation has been recognized as a human right since 2010, nearly 2.2 billion people still do not have access to safely managed domestic drinking water supply services today. ‘’Worse, in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people using probably contaminated water increased by 45% between 2000 and 2017,” warns expert Gérard Payen. 4.2 billion human beings still do not have access to sanitation services that are safely managed, i.e. 55% of the world’s population.
As a result, 2.6 million people are still dying each year of water-related diseases, which makes unsanitary water one of the leading causes of death worldwide. As humanitarian workers, we are combatting this scourge at ground level, day in day out, but also fighting national and international bodies to ensure that those we help have their voices heard