Basic Needs Not Met

Hunger, poverty and unclean and unsafe water and sanitation cause malnutrition, deaths and diseases and hinder people to earn their living. Traditional cooking and lighting cause diseases and indoor smoke contributes to deforestation and pollution.

It is estimated that 3300 million people are at risk of malaria and 1200 million are affected by neglected tropical diseases. People have no proper access to health care services and roughly 800 million adult people (age 15 or over) cannot read and write. There are roughly 1000 million hungry people and 3000 million are living on less than 2.5 $ per day. More than 3600 million people live in areas of physical and economically water scarcity and 2500 million people lack clean sanitation. Still around 3000 million people cook and heat their homes using open fires and stoves and about 1500 million people lack electricity and traditional kerosene lamps are most common.

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The Photo: "Africa Renewal, UN"