Clean water is a human right, as is access to health care and medicine.
Almost half a million children under 5 die from water-borne diseases every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region of the world where more people are without basic drinking water services now than in 2000.
HIV/AIDS and deaths from preventable pregnancy complications remain shockingly high.
This is heartbreaking.
Our work to improve basic sanitation, access to safe drinking sources and health clinic services is absolutely critical.
We work with communities to promote maternal child health, provide vaccinations for children, distribute bed nets to prevent malaria, provide education around HIV/AIDS treatments and prevention.
To provide clean water, we help build new water sources, build up water capacity in communities so they can look after water infrastructure and help build sanitation programs to promote safe hygiene.
The borehole in our area is now a security guard for a girl child. Before they used to walk long distances to collect water. They were exposed to early pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, and early marriages. The Water First project has reduced the occurrence of those problems; girls travel shorter distances to collect water. In my opinion, The Hunger Project has greatly supported us reduce teenage pregnancies through the drilled boreholes.
1,085,246
children vaccinated in Africa since 1999
1,158,000
People trained in water and hygiene program globally since 2011
209,619
Bed nets to prevent malaria distributed
Food & Nutrition
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1,444,713
children receiving weight or nutrition monitoring
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342,000
adolescent girls receiving Iron and Folic Acid supplements
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1,080,406
People trained in nutrition and food processing
Equality & Empowerment
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2,194,666
people have participated in our Vision, Action and Commitment workshops across all of our Program Countries since 2008
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1,189,000
People have participated in HIV/AIDS and gender inequality workshops in Africa since 2008
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593,130
women have participated in our leadership training since 2008
Education & Digital Equality
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222,057
adults have enrolled in adult literacy in Africa since 1999
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61,106
people have been trained in Safe School for Girls workshops in Bangladesh
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15,651
Animators (volunteer leaders) have been trained in literacy and education in Africa since 2011
Water & Health
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1,085,246
children vaccinated in Africa since 1999
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1,158,000
People trained in water and hygiene globally since 2011
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209,619
Bed nets to prevent malaria distributed
Climate & Environment
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158,676
People trained in climate adaptation workshops since 2008
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692,645
people trained in food security since 2011
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26,007
people trained in climate adaptation workshops in 2024