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The Need

We work in two of the poorest countries in the world, Niger and Mali.

1 IN 7
children dies

before the age of five

61%
of rural villagers

lack safe water

96%
have no access to sanitation

(not even a simple latrine)

NIGER

MALI

Life expectancy at birth is just

59.4 years

44.7%
of the population lives in severe multidimensional poverty

63%
of rural households have no access to basic sanitation

(not even a simple latrine)

In both countries, women and girls suffer most, walking 4-6 miles a day to find water.

The water they find is often contaminated.

Because they have to walk miles for water, girls don’t go to school.

The consequences of generations of uneducated women are tragic.

70% of Nigerien and 78% of Malian women cannot read or write.

Just 14.6% of girls in Niger and 29% of girls in Mali complete secondary school.

76% of girls in Niger are married by age 18.

That’s the world’s highest rate of child marriage.

The maternal mortality rate in Mali is 2.6 times the global average.

It’s the 13th most dangerous country in the world for women giving birth.

Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world – 6.5 births per woman.

Mali is not far behind with 5.7 births per woman.

Health care facilities are also in desperate need of safe water.

The Basics

EIN #27-3123341

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