Since its creation in 1987, WaterCan, by providing clean drinking water, has assisted more than one million people in 32 countries. The lack of safe water and sanitation services in the developing world is most acutely felt by rural dwellers and the urban poor. With few resources to access these services, they are vulnerable to illnesses that in turn impede their productivity and make escaping poverty even more difficult.In addition to the reduction of disease, improving access to safe water supplies makes collecting water more convenient, less timeconsuming, and less physically demanding. This in turn allows beneficiaries to have more time to pursue productive activities such as attending school, taking better care of the family, farming, or running a small business. In many cases, these social and economic benefits rather than health benefits are the reasons why communities commonly identify improved water supply as a high priority for development. Last year Lazarus Partners donations helped in the aid of the Meskan District Project in Eastern Africa.
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