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A dangerous walk for dangerous water. Yerramma's family needs access to clean drinking water
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Right now, about 1 billion people—or one in eight people—do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.1 Worldwide, the water and sanitation crisis claims more lives each year than all forms of violence, including war.2 Sadly, children are especially vulnerable. Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease.3 In fact, diarrhea remains the3second leading cause of death among children under five worldwide, killing more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.4

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1UNICEF/WHO. 2008. Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: Special Focus on Sanitation.
22006 United Nations Human Development Report.
3Number estimated from statistics in the 2006 United Nations Human Development Report.
4Diarrhea: Why children are still dying and what can be done. UNICEF, WHO 2009.
Watch Yerramma's Story -- no access to clean drinking water