© 2001 CARE/Josh Estey
Women must manually collect water in some areas of the world. In many areas they are exposed to violence and animal attacks when walking to remote water sources and finding places to defecate. Lack of safe water means an additional burden for women who are responsible for looking after sick children and family members.
Lack of sanitation requires that some women wait until dark to relieve themselves outside. Imagine the discomfort of a woman suffering from diarrhea who has to wait for hours.
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1:25 PM - Oct. 3, 2006 - {0} -
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Copyright 2004 Evelyn Hockstein Polaris
These women are fighting the elements to draw water from a well in Sudan.
In many countries, collecting water is considered women’s work. Women are generally responsible for collecting water for their families – this can mean walking up to six hours each day to fetch water from the nearest source, or waiting for hours at a sporadic water source.
Constant carrying of heavy water containers (up to 40 pounds) on the head, hips, or back, has severe health implications and can cause deformities.
It is common for women to drink less water than the rest of the family so they can carry more back to their families. This is a particular problem during childbirth or menstruation when they are often unable to replenish the fluids they have lost, or clean themselves.
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© 2002 Dick Loek PhotoSensitive
This little girl may have to help her mother collect water. Carrying water may keep her out of school.
Involving women in a safe water and sanitation project improves the status of women, provides dignity, and improves the health of women and their families. Women have more time to participate in agriculture, family care, or income-generating work.
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9:54 AM - Sep. 20, 2006 - {0} -
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© 2001 CARE/Josh Estey
I see a statuesque female form...a woman who is regal and august...athletic and sinewy...and she is carrying her family's daily water needs on her head!
The least we can do is help people develop safe water supplies. It just takes a little bit from many people. Have you shared with someone who needs you a lot this month? Donate to CARE here.
2005 REUTERS/Darren Whiteside, courtesy of www.alertnet.org
These people are waiting in line for safe drinking water in Indonesia.
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Madagascar Photo by Birte Thorsen
"Simple, inexpensive measures, both individual and collective, are available that will provide clean water for millions and millions of people in developing countries - now, not in 10 or 20 years. It makes no sense, and it is not acceptable, to ignore the immediate priorities of the most needy. "-- Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director-General of the World Health Organization
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Madagascar photo by Birte Thorsen
"The failure to provide safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services to all people is perhaps the greatest development failure of the 20th century... Even if the official Millennium Development Goals set for water are met--which is unlikely given the current level of commitments by national governments and international aid agencies--as many as 32 million people, and perhaps many more, will die by 2020 from preventable water-related diseases." - Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
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6:25 AM - Aug. 19, 2006 - {0} -
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"We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care." -- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General.
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