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Introduction
Sander de Haas, hydrogeologist at PWN Water Supply
Company North-Holland.
Co-founder of the SamSamWater Foundation.
http://www.samsamwater.com
Volunteered in water projects in
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Somalia
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Introduction
SamSamWater Foundation:
• Advice & information for water & sanitation projects
• Share knowledge and information
“SamSamWater Foundation aims to increase the number of
people in developing countries with sustainable and reliable
access to water and sanitation.”
All information (presentation, hyperlinks, etc.) will be
presented tomorrow on our website:
http://www.samsamwater.com/innowater
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Problems
•More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million - don't
have access to improved water sources.
•2.6 billion people lack improved sanitation facilities, and
over 780 million people still use unsafe drinking water
sources.
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Problems
• Every day almost 10,000 children under the age of 5 die
because of water related diseases.
“Washing hands with soap can reduce the
risk of diarrheal diseases by up to 47 per
cent” Source: WHO
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Problems
• Children are denied their right to education because:
o their schools lack private and decent sanitation facilities
– particularly girls –.
o they are forced to spend large parts of their day fetching
water.
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Problems
Lack of sanitation and safe/reliable drinking water
are linked in many ways
