Lack of clean water impacts children’s learning and health, UNICEF warns
Many schools in poorer countries lack adequate water and sanitation facilities, affecting children’s educations and even claiming lives, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns in a new report.
“Millions of children in the developing world go to schools which have no drinking water or clean latrines – basic things that many of us take for granted,” said Sigrid Kaag, the agency’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, at the publication’s launch today in Dubai.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34277&Cr=unicef&Cr1=school
Report:
http://www.unicef.org/media/files/raisingcleanhands_2010.pdf
Tags: waste management, water, water purification, water scarcity, women and water
