Take Mercy Corps’ pledge and join our global community of humanitarians to affirm that every human has the right to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. Mercy Corps is implementing 49 WASH programs ...

WASH is the collective term for water, sanitation and hygiene. While each is a separate field of work, they are interdependent and contribute to the overall protection, health, well-being and ...

Our connection to this precious natural resource is clear—the human body is nearly ... are lacking safe drinking water, and 2.7 billion are lacking adequate sanitation. By some accounts, 800 ...

Access to drinking water and sanitation is a human right and, together with water resources, a key determinant in all aspects of social, economic and environmental development. Besides access to ...

Increasing access to improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation services is critical to developing human capital to unleash the growth potential of rural areas. The World Bank Group builds ...

Although the United Nations acknowledges clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right, the U.S. government and most states do not. A series of water crises in recent years have amplified calls ...

Cyclone Idai in 2019 dumped devastating torrents and floods in Nsanje. Following rainstorms that battered southern Africa for four dys non-sttop, silted rivers in Malawi’s southernmost district burst ...