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title: "World Vision Water Update: November 2021"
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This provides an update on World Vision water efforts to address the global water crisis.

| View in browser View past editions of this newsletter here. Completion of Commitment to Reach 800 Healthcare Facilities!   And a New Commitment to Do More The Need. In the areas where World Vision works in the developing world, about half of the healthcare centers do not have a clean water source and 84% do not have functional hand-washing facilities. It’s unacceptable that many pregnant women carry their own water to a healthcare center before giving birth. It’s fair to say that a healthcare center without water, sanitation, and hygiene isn’t really a healthcare center. Improving the hygiene situation in healthcare centers will literally save hundreds of thousands of lives. In fact, the work to improve water and hygiene in healthcare centers is one of the most efficient ways we can save and improve lives of mothers and children.   The Approach. World Vision’s work in healthcare centers is a comprehensive effort. It includes providing clean water on premises, handwashing stations wherever patients are seen, toilets, and showers. We also train and equip healthcare personnel to prevent the spread of infections and to properly manage waste including infectious waste. We focus on making sure this work is sustainable by working with local communities and governments to ensure proper budgeting towards ongoing operation and maintenance needs of WASH systems.   Completion of Commitment.  In June 2019, World Vision and our partners made an audacious three-year commitment to provide water, sanitation, and hygiene services in 800 rural health care facilities serving an estimated 7.2 million people. World Vision has now completed and exceeded this commitment a year earlier than anticipated. In a two-year period, we have installed a safe drinking water source in 910 healthcare centers and provided access to gender-separated sanitation facilities designed for people with limited mobility and appropriate for managing menstrual hygiene in 639 healthcare centers.  A silver-lining of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased focus on handwashing facilities and because of this, World Vision was able to greatly exceed our targets by providing 3,026 health centers with handwashing facilities.   New Commitment. World Vision and our partners are committed to protect front-line healthcare workers and their patients and prevent the spread of deadly infectious diseases by providing clean water on premises and improved hygiene and sanitation in a cumulative 1200 health care facilities between 2019 and 2023. And we’re investing to make sure that our donor’s investment has the greatest possible impact. We’re partnering with the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina and the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia to determine the best ways to ensure sustainability of the interventions that we’re providing, as well as determine the most effective ways to reduce the spread of infections.    See the Work. We recently convened with a group of donor partners who have helped fund this work. This hour-long call covered a lot of ground and we’d encourage you to watch all of it, but if you’d like to jump to a particular section here’s a description of the content and time that it occurs: 4:56 - 8:00 \|  Video from a healthcare center in Uganda where we hear from a doctor, nurse, mid-wife, and mother impacted by World Vision's work in healthcare centers   8:50-18:50 \|  Interview of Bruce Gordon, Coordinator of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health for World Health Organization (WHO) by Dr. Greg Allgood of World Vision    19:15-34:18 \|  Interview of Collins Kaumba, World Vision Zambia Donor Liaison by David Mitchell, World Vision National Director East Coast and including videos from a health post in Northern Zambia showing the challenges of a nurse and mother in areas where we have not yet reached and the transformation in southern Zambia in areas where World Vision has reached    34:42-48:38 \| Interview of Mark and Carol Feanny, donor partners, by Bobby Majika, World Vision Donor Representative describing the radical generosity of Mark and Carol that has led to funding of water, sanitation, and hygiene in 33 healthcare facilities  Here's how you can partner. To learn more about how to invest in a healthcare center click here.  Our current priority is to fund 8 healthcare clinics in Niger and 10 in Zambia.   We are blessed to have so many donor partners who are passionate about this life-saving work.  Thank you for being part of our journey to save and improve lives.  Prayer Requests Give thanks for the faithfulness of our donor partners who have enabled World Vision to achieve a historic commitment a year ahead of schedule. Pray for the safety of mothers and newborns at healthcare centers that do not yet have access to the improvements funded by our donor partners Pray that God will continue to give favor to World Vision as the global leader in providing water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare clinics.  worldvisionphilanthropy.org/water © 2020 World Vision, Inc. All rights reserved. World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. In 2019, 87 percent of World Vision's total operating expenses were used for programs that benefit children, families, and communities in need. Learn More.  World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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