Plan Australia provides clean water to communities in Tanzania

WATER: In third world communities, water used for drinking, cooking and washing is usually collected from ponds, open wells and streams, and often contains parasites and bacteria.

Lack of clean water is closely linked with to ongoing poverty as sick people are unable to do well economically. And when the children have no choice but to drink dirty water, they are the ones who suffer the most through sickness.

Plan provides a clean water supply in the form of waterbores, wells and rainwater tanks. Here is an example of Plan-funded water program in Tanzania, Africa.

Before Plan began its water and sanitation project in Tanzania, getting water was usually the job of women and children - especially girls. And it usually took several hours a day as a long walk was required (during the dry season this was up to 20km a round trip). Once at the well, there was often a long queue to fill containers.

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