WATER AID IN US ON CRISIS IN ZAMBIA
June 25, 2015 / Glen Reynolds
Nearly two people in three lack access to safe water and half the population has nowhere to go to the toilet. These problems have a grave impact on health – 5,000 children die every year from diarrhea in Zambia.
Despite large freshwater resources, rainfall has declined in the last 30 years. With little water to drink or grow crops with, people’s health and wellbeing are severely affected.