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Access to clean water could improve children’s health and education
From unsafe ponds to flowing taps, clean water is transforming children’s health, safety and learning in rural Sierra Leone.
Kadijatu Barrie and Chernor Barry
05 February 2026
Only 63 per cent of people have access to clean drinking water. Rural communities face the greatest challenges, often relying on unsafe and unprotected water sources.
With a reliable water supply system like this in schools and communities, children and their families are assured of access to clean drinking water.
This means, clean drinking water is now in the doorsteps of children and their families in their communities as they could no longer walk long distances to fetch water from often unsafe sources which exposed them to waterborne diseases like cholera and diarrhea.
