Water

Focus on Water

One in 10 people lack access to clean water. Water is essential for drinking, sanitation and hygiene, and food production. Some areas in the world rely entirely on water for their livelihoods. Women and young girls are disproportionately affected by the water crisis as they often carry the burden of collecting water for their families. To add, roughly 1 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene related diseases. Children are the most susceptible, affecting their ability to go to school. 

Safe water can mean the difference between life and death. At IRUSA, our vision is a world free of poverty, and access to clean water is a stepping-stone in achieving it.

Our Dedication to Water Programs

IRUSA’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs aim to rebuild community infrastructure through interventions like solar-powered water resources and raising awareness on best practices regarding sanitation and hygiene. Around the world, we’re helping vulnerable communities build better lives for themselves and for generations to come.

A few of our interventions include:

• Improving the wellbeing of 5,150 families living in the Tyre, Zahrani, and Nabatieh regions of South Lebanon through access to hygiene kits, including 500 kits for infants
• Drought response in the Horn of Africa including access to water trucking, construction of boreholes and latrines, and hygiene awareness promotion sessions
• Providing access to hygiene items including soap to 1,200 pastoralist families across four districts in the Liben Zone of Ethiopia including Dekasuftu, Filtu, Guradhamole, and Kersadula
• Building 44 water wells across Ghana
• Building water wells in Puntland, Somalia