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Our Malawian water team work closely with the villagers themselves to build and maintain water pumps using local resources that are readily available, affordable and sustainable. We also support vulnerable households construct latrines and hand-washing systems and run a hygiene awareness programme.
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Situation
In rural Malawi, over 40% of the water points are not functioning, over half the households do not have access to adequate sanitation and washing hands with soap or ash is seldom practised. The result is that people frequently suffer from diarrhoea. In Malawi, diarrhoea - mainly from dirty water and poor sanitation - causes more than 10% of under-five child deaths.
Solution
In 2020, we will assist, at least, 6 village communities construct water points, 180 households construct latrines and hand-washing facilities and at least 224 men, women and children participate in a hygiene awareness programme. We will also run a repair service to ensure the functionality of over 100 previously constructed water points.
