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Access to Water (How does a lack of clean, safe water lead to health…

- - - - Without water, farmers cannot grow crops, meaning no business and no food, leading to poverty
      - 'Without clean water, the possibility of breaking out of the cycle of poverty is incredibly slim.'
- - - - Some women carry up to 32kg of water on their heads.
      - Women in sub-Saharan Africa spend an average of about 200 million hours per day collecting water
      - Women and girls do 71 % of the collecting of water.
    - - Many more men in Sub-Saharan Africa are educated, compared to women, meaning they end up taking more office jobs, leaving the women at home to collect water, care for the children etc.
  - - - More than two-thirds of the population of Africa need to live their home to access water
- - - - The Water Project provides access to clean, safe and reliable water across sub-Saharan Africa. 'Our goal is to bring clean, sustainable water supplies to within a 1km of a village. By doing so, communities can be freed to begin working themselves out of poverty.'
  - - - Global organization made up of 193 representatives from different countries.