Nearly 200000 children die each year due to water sanitation illnesses. - Heeals is implementing several WASH programs in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Gurgaon. When we speak of an inadequate state of water sanitation and sanitary conditions in schools and health centers, we speak of the great example of India. The largest democracy in the world (1300 million inhabitants) where nearly 200,000 children die each year due to severe diarrhea. The World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water and lack of hygiene practices. Currently, 1 out of 7 people, or 946 million people in the whole world, practice open defecation. Of those who do, 9 out of 10 live in rural areas. Globally, India has the largest number of people in the world still defecating in the open: almost 600 million people. One of the TARGETS of the Sustanaible Development Goals (SDG’s) by 2030, is to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene fo...
