WATER & SANITATION
Muslim Response USA provides access to safe and clean drinking water in highly underserved and remote and underserved areas in Asia and Africa. A Water Well can serve a community of around 3,000 people, and Water Hand Pump up to 200 people for 5-10 years with maintenance support. For these Sadaqah Jariah initiatives, we install plaques at the site of water facilities with the name(s) of donors or their loved ones, and share beneficiary pics and videoclips.
Construction of Water Wells and Water Pumps:
In Africa and South Asia, we improve the communities’ access to safe and clean drinking water by constructing water wells and installing water hand pumps in coordination with the relevant local government departments and ensuring compliance with the globally accepted quality standards. The water well can serve a community of around 3,000 people and Water Hand Pump serves up to 200 people for 5-10 years.
Construction of Latrines and Water Facilities in Schools:
In highly under served and poor communities, Muslim Response USA supports the installation and maintenance of latrines and water facilities in schools since children are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of poor sanitary conditions and lack of hygiene. It is also an important factor in education, especially for girls, many of whom leave school after puberty due to the lack of latrines.
WASH Education and Awareness:
Over 4 billion people are without safely managed sanitation facilities. Provision of WASH education and services improves the health of family members, especially children who grow stronger and perform better in school and sports.
By providing safe and clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, you can help the most disadvantaged people to maximize their potential in a safer and healthier environment and contribute in the fight against poverty, hunger and disease.
Establishment of WASH Committees at community level and their training orientation on WASH and better management of water facilities. Muslim Response USA also facilitates the setting up of School Health Clubs and awareness raising events and campaigns, community education using electronic and print media, training and mobilization of health volunteers/workers.
Wash Facts
- Provision of WASH education and services improves the health of family members, especially children who grow stronger and perform better in school and sports.
- 263 million people have to spend more than 30 minutes per trip for collecting water from sources outside the home.
- 159 million still drink untreated water from surface water sources, such as streams or lakes, and the majority of them live in rural areas.
- Millions of homes, healthcare facilities and schools in many poor and underdeveloped countries still lack clean drinking water, and sanitation facilities including soap for handwashing.
- Every day, more than 800 children under age 5 die from diarrhea attributed to poor water and sanitation.
- The scarcity of clean drinking water disproportionately affects women and girls as they are seen as the collectors and guardians of water due to their stereotypical roles in many poor and developing societies.
