Water
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Half of the worlds hospital beds are filled with people suffering from a water-related disease
45,000 people in our area need clean, safe water.testing
We have initiated a safe water programme and intend to ensure that everyone in our area (around 45,000 people) has access to clean, safe water.
We support 14 centres, each with a number of satellite villages (anything up to 40).
We install purpose-built water collectors (see below) and also build rammed earth water harvesters.
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Did you know?
When we receive 1mm of rain and it falls on 1 square metre of roof we get one litre of water. Malawi gets an annual average rainfall of around 800mm per year. If that rain falls on an average class-room of say 100 square metres, then 80,000 litres of rain can be harvested in one season.
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Water
Water is identified as one of the highest priorities. 45,000 people in our area need clean, safe water.
Find out more![Borehole Locations](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fhh4wbbfo%2Fproduction%2F232a2e85dae27f8f3b283c6ed217839fbd5c0ac0-250x125.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C7%2C250%2C112%26w%3D280%26h%3D125%26q%3D60%26auto%3Dformat%26dpr%3D2&w=3840&q=60)
Borehole Locations
Boreholes are the cleanest source of water. See where the Rotary International funded wells are installed.
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Sanitation
Sanitation links closely with water and health issues. Our Tapping Potential group links all of these areas.
Find out morePhoto updates
![Water update](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fhh4wbbfo%2Fproduction%2F1deff10399b947bd53f918e25ab6c117c8cb5ee6-600x450.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C54%2C600%2C343%26w%3D280%26h%3D160%26q%3D60%26auto%3Dformat%26dpr%3D2&w=640&q=60)
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