Sharing the Glass

Achieving clean water and sanitation for all

Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation services for all in a universal, safe, equitable, and affordable manner is Goal 6 of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Improvements in water and sanitation services can better the lives of billions and assist in increasing economic growth, reducing poverty, broadening access to education, and improving human and environmental health.

According to the United Nations Development Program, currently...

  • 1.8 billion people globally use drinking water that is fecally contaminated
  • 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services
  • Nearly 1,000 children die each day due to preventable water- and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases

This application is intended to assist philanthropic individuals and charities looking to fund projects related to water, sanitation, and hygiene. Its geographic focus is on Africa and Asia, as they contain the regions and nations that need the most assistance in achieving this goal.

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Data Sources
Basic and safely managed drinking water services

World Health Organization (2017). Basic and safely managed drinking water services: Data by country. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.WSHWATER?lang=en

Basic and safely managed sanitation services

World Health Organization (2017). Basic and safely managed sanitation services: Data by country. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.WSHSANITATION?lang=en

Countries

Natural Earth (2018). 1:10m Cultural Vectors: Admin 0 - Countries. Retrieved from http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/10m/cultural/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.zip

Fragile States Index

Fund for Peace (2017). Fragile States Index. Retrieved from http://fundforpeace.org/fsi/wp-content/uploads/data/fsi-2017.xlsx

Gross domestic product / Gross national income

World Bank (2017). World Development Indicators. Retrieved from http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2

Handwashing with soap

World Health Organization (2017). Handwashing with soap: Data by country. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.WSHHYGIENE?lang=en

Mortality attributed to unsafe WASH services

World Health Organization (2016). Burden of disease: Data by country. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.INADEQUATEWSH?lang=en

Open defecation

World Health Organization (2017). Open defecation: Data by country. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.WSHOPENDEFECATION?lang=en