Every day, infectious diarrhoea takes the lives of 1,438 babies and toddlers. Needlessly. Diarrhoeal diseases are the most common cause of child deaths worldwide and are directly linked to contaminated water. Young children in developing countries suffer from diarrhoea an average of 3× a year. They lose essential nutrients necessary for proper growth and development. Diarrhoea is therefore one of the main causes of child malnutrition. Malnourished children have a reduced immune system and are more easily reinfected with diarrhoea. Yet we have long known how to treat and prevent infectious diarrhoea.
Clean Water
Charity Project - the People in Need "Clean Water" charity project will help prevent diarrhea by providing people with access to safe water. The appeal is hoping to raise 250,000 CZK, which will provide 1,000 families with sufficient clean water.
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Clean Water
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Expected April 30, 2020
Clean Water
Clean water
For CZK 250, you can provide 5,000L of clean water. Support us
Diarrhoea is a symptom of an infection caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites, most of which are transmitted through contaminated water. The infection is more widespread where there is inadequate sanitation and hygiene, and a lack of access to safe water for drinking, cooking, and washing. Key measures to prevent infectious diarrhoea include access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation, hand washing with soap, breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, washing food, personal hygiene, and vaccination against rotavirus.
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People in Need is fighting infectious diarrhoea and child malnutrition in four African countries: Ethiopia, Congo, Angola, and Zambia. Our approach is comprehensive, from ensuring the availability of drinking water and helping to organise the maintenance of the entire water management system, to providing health training where we explain the link between sanitation and the spread of infection to people in remote villages, to supporting the expanded cultivation of resilient and nutritious crops that will feed children and prevent malnutrition.
About People in Need
People in Need (Člověk v tísni, o. p. s.) is a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organisation that has existed since 1992. We provide immediate humanitarian aid and help people get back on their feet. We work both in the Czech Republic and abroad. We support children's education, help the poorest and most vulnerable, and support human rights defenders. We honour the values of mutual help, solidarity, and humanism.
Project Guarantor
Šimon Pánek is the co-founder and Executive Director of People in Need. He was born in Prague and studied at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. He was one of the student leaders of the Velvet Revolution. Since 2017, he has been the chairman of the Prague Civil Society Centre, which operates in the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2003, he received the European of the Year award, in 2010 the Memory of the Nation Award, and this year the state decoration Medal for Merit. He is a lecturer at the European Leadership & Academic Institute (ELAI).
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