Globally, over 3.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation and safe water. It's a staggering statistic and the ramifications extend beyond easy access to clean water and toilets. Without ...

World Bank projects in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Papua New Guinea are working to improve water and sanitation access. These projects are expected to benefit a total of 185,000 people by 2026, over ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (CBS) - Help save lives more than 7,000 miles away. That was the goal for a small group of Villanova University engineering students during their senior capstone course. The students ...

In the small town of Gangarasso-Sangassumi, Zaina (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) doesn’t have to think twice about whether she should attend school. Not long ago, twelve-year-old ...

UNITED NATIONS — A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water and ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A lack of drinking water and healthy sanitation infrastructure is dire around the world and getting worse, United Nations experts warned in a report issued Thursday. The report ...

To protect our precious water resources, we need to invest in infrastructure and fight the industries driving climate disasters. In August 2022, more than 150,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi ...

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million ...

Fowzia Omer at a water access point. She is one of the beneficiaries of the One WaSH project in Melka Kero Kebele. The One WaSH National Program (OWNP) Consolidated WaSH Account (CWA), supported by ...

Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in. There is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. But due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, ...