With Water that Quenches the Thirst
If you are reading this now, you live in a country where safe water pours from your tap and hygienic sanitation is available in almost every home.
However, more than a billion people live their lives without easy access to safe water and sanitation (WatSan). These people are among the world’s most vulnerable because unsafe drinking water leads to killer diseases like cholera, while poor sanitation or hygiene are to blame for the deaths of more than 5,000 young children every single day.
This is heartbreaking because it’s so preventable.
That’s why Medair makes WatSan such a high priority. WatSan is one of Medair’s three core sectors of expertise, developed over the last 20 years of field experience in communities where water is scarce and sanitation facilities are non-existent.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
In a temporary camp in Southern Sudan, Medair provides people with a central source of safe drinking water.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
Children are able to use the water pumps too.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
The water is collected into jerry cans...
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
... and into water bottles and cupped hands for a refreshing drink.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
Water cans store water for drinking, cooking, and for washing clothes and hands.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
Encouraging people to wash their hands with soap is part of Medair’s hygiene promotion efforts to prevent the spread of disease.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
Here in dry Southern Sudan, clean water is life.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
You can see it in the faces of the children.
Medair delivers life-sustaining clean water and sanitation
They know what it means to be without safe drinking water...
These photos highlight some of our Water & Sanitation work in Southern Sudan. In Maban county, Medair provides clean water, builds latrines, and raises hygiene awareness for families living in temporary returnee camps. These are just a few of the millions of people who are now able to drink safe water because of Medair.
