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Statistics:

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  • Globally nearly 800 million people lack clean drinking water.
  • Every 20 seconds a child under 5 dies from lack of sanitation and clean water.
  • According to the World Health Organization, the water and sanitation in Haiti is among the most dire in the Western hemisphere.
  • Haiti is considered a water stressed country, using less than 1% of its resources.
  • Few water treatment facilities are properly functioning for the general public in the country. Soil erosion and deforestation have also contributed to diminished water quality.
  • 40% of people in Haiti do not have access to clean drinking water.
  • Cholera has sickened 700,000 Haitians since 2010 and killed more than 8,800 people!
  • An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country slum uses in a day!
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