Water and Sanitation

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37 per cent of the developing world's population 2.5 billion people lack improved sanitation facilities, and over 780 million people still use unsafe drinking water sources. Inadequate access to safe water and sanitation services, coupled with poor hygiene practices, kills and sickens thousands of children every day, and leads to impoverishment and diminished opportunities for thousands more.

67 per cent of Indian households do not treat their drinking water, even though it could be chemically or bacterially contaminated. Only a quarter the total population in India has drinking water on their premises and women, who have to collect the drinking water, are vulnerable to a number of unsafe practices. Only 13 per cent of adult males collect water.
AROH works with people and communities in various states to improve access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and to raise awareness of the importance of hand washing and waste management.
AROH works to save and conserve water through rainwater harvesting and optimising the usage of water because water is natural resource which is fast depleting from the ground. The Foundation also strives to ensure that people consume safe water and adopt good hygiene and sanitation practices.
We have initiated water and sanitation projects in Meghalaya, Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi/NCR, UP, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.