World Bank projects in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Papua New Guinea are working to improve water and sanitation access. These projects are expected to benefit a total of 185,000 people by 2026, over ...

In 2022, over 2 billion people around the world had no access to safely managed drinking water, and over 3 billion lacked access to safely managed sanitation.

“We have water for all our needs”: Clean water and sanitation changes lives Zaina, student of Government Girls Primary and Secondary School, washes her hands on campus in Ganye, Nigeria.

Oxfam built a water desalination system powered by wind and solar energy on the west coast of Yemen to help families get clean water. Pablo Tosco / Oxfam Intermon Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene ...

Many Native Americans don't have access to clean water, increasing their risk of illness. Fixing the current water systems or creating new ones could cost billions.

The program builds on the first year of the partnership, which delivered clean water and sanitation services to over 3.5 million people, helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Improved water, sanitation and hygiene systems are changing lives for the better in Madagascar, with support from UNICEF and S'well.

But even without catastrophic disasters, the lack of access to clean water and basic sanitation represents a silent crisis affecting more than a third of the world's population. 1 Some 443 million ...