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!
