WASH Canada

Ec. Benefit

WASH Canada Intro

The Problem

2.5 billion people lack access to functioning toilets

884 million people lack access to safe water

(Estimation for 2002, for WHO/UNICEF JMP, 2004)

Artwork: WSSCC

The Result

3900 children die every day from water-borne diseases.

(WHO, 2004)

Hygiene

(Hand Washing)

Diarrhea remains the second leading killer of children. A basic, cost-effective WASH strategy like hand-washing with soap, has proven to reduce diarrhea by up to 47%. Research on the economics of sanitation and water indicates that no other single intervention brings greater public health returns.

What Can We Do?

Get together and take action!