UN Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in.
While substantial progress has been made in increasing access to clean drinking water and sanitation, billions of people—mostly in rural areas—still lack these basic services. Worldwide, one in three people do not have access to safe drinking water, two out of five people do not have a basic hand-washing facility with soap and water, and more than 673 million people still practice open defecation.
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance of sanitation, hygiene and adequate access to clean water for preventing and containing diseases. Hand hygiene saves lives. According to the World Health Organization, handwashing is one of the most effective actions you can take to reduce the spread of pathogens and prevent infections, including the COVID-19 virus. Yet billions of people still lack safe water sanitation, and funding is inadequate.
Primary Goal: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
Website: UN Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Join Natural Capital Partners for a virtual tour of WASIC Ambassador Philip Wilson's Ecofiltro and meet the social entrepreneur on a mission to bring purified water to rural Guatemala. (September 22, 2020 )
Why Treating the Poor as Customers Works Better than Charity. Ecofiltro (Photo courtesy of Ecofiltro - September 13, 2018)