While access to safe drinking water has improved in the past two decades, at least 11% of the world’s population – 783 million people – still remains without it according to a WHO/UNICEF report titled Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012. As per the same report which jointly monitors Water Supply and Sanitation, 2.5 billion people currently still lack sanitation facilities.

The United Nations General Assembly has recognized drinking water and sanitation as human rights of every individual inhabiting this earth but UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake says, “Every day more than 3000 children die from diarrhoeal diseases.”

There are immense challenges that remain in the way of granting access to clean water and a lot of this is due to disparities between regions and countries, and within countries. Despite all such challenges, particularly concerning access to remote areas, IDRF has numerous successful water related projects to its name that have improved many lives in far off regions. Projects like the construction of wells in Pakistan, Iraq and Somalia as well as sanitation and water supply in Tanzania and Ethiopia.

IDRF is striving to help move forward the Millennium Development Goals. Our sincere hope is that all the vulnerable populations of the world have access to clean water and hygienic living in the not too distant future.

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