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- Why Sierra Leone: Action Against Hunger
- Slider Malawi: Welthungerhilfe
- Slider Sierra Leone: Action against hunger
Access to sanitary facilities
Access to sanitation facilities protects. It protects girls and women who would otherwise have to travel long distances to reach a sanitation facility, and it protects against the spread of infectious diseases. These infectious diseases are particularly dangerous for the elderly and weak and for children. For them, infection often means acute danger to life. Together with our local partners, we are creating better hygiene conditions by repairing sanitation facilities and building latrines.
Where we help
The number of countries without access to sanitation facilities can seem overwhelming. Together with our cooperation partners, we want to change this and work on sanitation infrastructure. We will start in Malawi and Sierra Leone.
Why Malawi
Malawi is one of the least developed countries in the world and ranks 169th out of 189 countries on the current UN Human Development Index. Almost a quarter of the rapidly growing population is considered extremely poor and over 4 million people have no access to clean drinking water. There is a general lack of sanitation facilities, which makes it easier and faster for diseases to spread. This can be life-threatening, especially for weak people and children.
Why Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a country marked by civil war and Ebola Country and although it was declared "Ebola-free" at the end of 2015, weaknesses in the health system remain. Chronic malnutrition is one of the biggest problems, but also one of the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world. Reasons for this include diarrheal diseases, which are due to the lack of access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
312.000Days access to hygiene facilities
What we want to achieve in 2023
Helping people together – in every project. To achieve this, we set ourselves clear and ambitious goals from the outset with our local partner organizations. This is also the case in Malawi and Sierra Leone.
How we work
We have teamed up with those who are experts in helping around the world: verified national and international aid organizations. We trust them because we can see exactly how they use the funds. This way we can be sure that our help reaches the right people.
All funding projects
Here you can find at a glance all the funding projects that you can support.
