Water Security
Today, 1.42 billion people – including 450 million children – live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability.
The Global Water Crisis
Eighty countries, representing 40 percent of the world’s population, are facing a water crisis.
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- 1 billion people in developing countries do not have access to clean water
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- 1.7 billion people do not have good sanitation
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- 25 million people die each year from drinking unclean water.
The United Nations predicts that by 2025, nearly half of the world’s population will be living in areas where water is scarce. The water crisis is already a serious constraint on sustainable human development.
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Pathway is committed to providing rural communities facing water scarcity with access to clean drinking water by building wells and improving water infrastructure.
What We Do
Pathway partners with local organizations in underserved, rural communities facing water scarcity to build wells, improve water infrastructure and provide educational programs.
The Global Water Crisis And Women
The Global Water Crisis And Women
UNICEF estimates that women and girls spend approximately 200 million hours hauling water daily, taking time away from their education and personal development in the process.
Water Scarcity on the African continent
According to recent reports by the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.5 million children under the age of five die every year of diarrhea due to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and lack of hygiene.
A lack of access to clean water results in millions of children in water scarce communities missing school each year to help their families walk miles to collect water.
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