Clean Water & Health

“Because of clean water, I can go to school.”

Nothing transforms life like clean water. The benefits are immediate. For Marta, a 15-year-old girl living in Anko Gache Gala, Ethiopia, clean water means she has time to attend school. Her time is spent learning and building a bright future, rather than labouring under the weight of 18 kilograms of water carried for several hours every day or being sick from drinking the water she collects.

For Marta’s mother, clean water means she invests in her family in ways she had only hoped of before the water system was constructed in her community. She is learning how to start a small business, growing nutritious food and protecting her children’s health by applying the hygiene and sanitation knowledge she gained from local health workers. Clean water does more than restore and support good health; it enables people to reclaim their time and their lives.

Supporting good health by equipping local health clinics.

Madelaine was at home in her small community in Haiti when she cut her hand. The cut was small, but it became infected and grew into a wound that would not heal. Local doctors were able to treat Madelaine’s wound successfully, which included a skin graft, because they had access to medical supplies and medicines provided through HOPE-supported medical programming.