‘Gift of clean water’: Canton 5th graders raise money to build a well in African village

Fifth-grade students at the John F. Kennedy School in Canton raised $8,000 over seven years to fund a water well for a ...

Handpumps bring water to rural African communities, but many are broken – study models how best to maintain them

Over 100,000 water handpumps in rural sub-Saharan Africa are broken, leaving millions without safe water. Regular maintenance ...
Yahoo Finance

Delivering in danger: lack of clean water leaves African mothers almost 150 times more likely to die from sepsis, WaterAid research finds

OTTAWA, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- A chronic lack of clean water and hygiene services in delivery rooms is contributing to one in nine mothers in sub-Saharan Africa developing sepsis, with ...
The Independent

‘A mother giving birth could bleed to death while I’m out looking for water’

At Diah Clinic in Liberia, when a woman enters labour, the midwife’s first task is not to check the baby's heartbeat or take a blood pressure reading. It’s to walk to the pond and carry water back to ...
The Independent

Women almost 150 times more likely to die from maternal sepsis in Africa than Europe – costing thousands of lives

Women who develop maternal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa are almost 150 times more likely to die than mothers in Britain, Europe and North America, according to new research – with a lack of clean ...
BBC

South Africans say criminal gangs are exploiting the water crisis

Residents of parts of Johannesburg have had no mains water for over a month In the Johannesburg suburb of Greenside, a large group of protesters of all ages and backgrounds are waving placards and ...
AllAfrica on MSN

All villages to get clean water by 2030

THE government is targeting to connect all 12,333 villages across the country to clean and safe water services by 2030, as part of efforts to expand access in rural areas.Deputy Minister for Water, ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Clean water returns to Binga as new partnership transforms lives

A joint initiative between the Government of Zimbabwe, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UK's Foreign, ...
Church News

Solar-powered desalination plants provide clean water to people in Kiribati atolls

See efforts from the Church around the world to help provide clean water facilities to those in need, including solar-powered ...