Water and Sanitation Rights

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Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area. ~Marcus Samuelsson

Creating and Developing Awareness

The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights” through Resolution 64/292 adopted 2010.

On the UN page it lists the following facts about water and sanitation:

In the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people share domestic water with animals or rely upon unprotected wells
In Asia and Africa, the average distance women walk to get water is 6 kilometers
Average water use in most countries in Europe range from 200-300 liters per day while in countries like Mozambique people average 10 liters a day
More than 884 million people live at least 1 kilometer from a water source
Close to half the people in developing countries are suffering from health related issues associated with poor water and sanitation conditions
Unclean water and poor sanitation conditions is the world’s second leading killer of children
In Tajikistan almost a third of the population take their water from canals and irrigation ditches

Educate, Inform and Create Inspiration

What This Looks Like in Real Life (Stories and Case Studies)

Skills Development and Activities

How to Implement or Put into Action

Volunteer or donate to organization whose mission is to improve access to clean water and good sanitation: https://human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation.org/
Use the material provided by righttowater.info to start conversations with local governments or create workshops: https://human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation.org/mrr-approach/ source of the pocket guide below:

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