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<\/figure>\nElis\u00e9e Musemakweli the president of EPR said that the church has been involved with many developmental projects including getting access to clean and safe water across the country.<\/p>\n
Musemakweli said that EPR church in Rwanda had previously completed similar water projects in Shyorongi and Karongi among other upcountry areas.<\/p>\n
Rwanda is ambitious to reach the Millennium Development Goal target of providing 85% of its population with potable water by 2015.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that current water coverage in Rwanda is at 75% up from about 55% in 2005.<\/p>\n
{{Global facts on water}}<\/p>\n
According to The Water Project.org globally 70% of water sources is for agriculture and irrigation, and only 10% on domestic uses.<\/p>\n
The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization bringing relief to communities around the world who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation.<\/p>\n
And 84% of the people who don\u2019t have access to improved water, live in rural areas, where they live principally through subsistence agriculture.<\/p>\n
Less than one in three people in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to a proper toilet.<\/p>\n
Over half of the developing world\u2019s primary schools do not have access to water and sanitation facilities. Without toilets, girls typically drop out of school at puberty.<\/p>\n
While 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases. Girls under the age of 15 are twice as likely as boys their age to be the family member responsible for fetching water.<\/p>\n
Almost two-thirds, 64% of households rely on women to get the family\u2019s water when there is no water source in the home.<\/p>\n
In developing countries, as much of 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions.<\/p>\n
Nearly 1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease.<\/p>\n
By investing in clean water alone, young children around the world can gain more than 413 million days of health!<\/p>\n
Half of the world’s hospital beds are filled with people suffering from a water-related disease.<\/p>\n
Nearly a billion, 884 million people do not have access to clean and safe water. 37% of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
The average container for water collection in Africa, the jerry can weighs over 40 lbs when full. <\/p>\n
The United Nations estimates that Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water; that\u2019s the same as a whole year\u2019s worth of labor by the entire workforce in France!<\/p>\n
Research has shown that for every 10% increase in women\u2019s literacy, a country\u2019s whole economy can grow by up to 0.3%.<\/p>\n
According to the World Health Organization, for every $1 invested in water and sanitation, there is an economic return of between $3 and $34!<\/p>\n
1 in 8 people world wide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
{{The Mayor of Gicumbi District Bonane Nyangezi has said that 52% of 300, 071 residents in Gicumbi District, Northern Province have now access to clean and safe water.}} The Mayor was speaking in an interview shortly after addressing residents on an occasion to officially open water points in Bwisigye sector, Gicumbi District and neighbouring sectors. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[277],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","byline-igihe-com-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":277,"name":"IGIHE.com Reporter","slug":"igihe-com-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":277,"name":"IGIHE.com Reporter","slug":"igihe-com-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}