An estimated 140 million children are out of school and among them 80% live in in Africa (UNESCO, 2005)
Girls and women spend an average of three hours per day collecting water from distant sources. (WTN, 2007)
Every year of education a woman receives increases the likelihood of survival for her children by 15% (UNICEF)
To ensure our basic needs, we all need 20 to 50 litres of water per day (UNESCO)
A child born in the developed world consumes thirty to fifty times as much water resources as one in the developing world (UNESCO)
In the past 20 years, over 2.4 billion people have gained access to safe water supplies and 600 million to improved sanitation thanks to improved water management in developing countries (UNEP)
One billion people lack of access to safe water . An estimated 2.6 billion people — representing half the developing world — lack toilets and other forms of improved sanitation (Millennium Development Report, 2005)
