Water is a human right, not a privilege!

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Dear Friends,

Soap and water are our first line of defense against coronavirus, but not all of us have easy access to safe water and sanitation. Ten years after the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to water and sanitation, 785 million still lack access to clean water.

The pandemic has added urgency to the fight for the human right to water, so we used the 10th anniversary of the UN declaration to call for more engagement in providing clean water and good hygiene to the most vulnerable people.

July 2020
In this month's issue:

"Clean water is a human right,
not a privilege"

Supporting COVID-19 prevention efforts in Cameroon

Information on the locust
emergency in East Africa

Video:
New hope for Gorgine

We have a long way to go to make it a reality, but our teams are working flat out to continue to support those most in need. Your gift can provide them with clean water, soap and information to keep safe from COVID-19 and other diseases, while giving frontline healthcare and aid workers the necessary supplies to care for the vulnerable and sick.

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Thank you,

Ingo Radtke
Secretary General
Malteser International

See how your giving helps

€15 provides essential hygiene supplies like soap and buckets for a family

€50 buys 20 purification tablets for treating up to 2,000m³ of water

€100 provides complete protective equipment for health workers

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Clean water is a human right, not a privilege

On July 28, 2010, the United Nations explicitly recognized the human right to water. While progress has been made in the past decade, over 700 million people around the world still lack access to basic water supply and 2 billion do not have clean sanitary facilities.

Read our press release on the anniversary

Emergency Medical Team (EMT) supports COVID-19 prevention efforts in Cameroon

Malteser International's Emergency Medical Team (EMT) was in Cameroon to support the country's COVID-19 prevention efforts. The team is helping to ensure that healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients do not become infected themselves and that medical facilities remain free of infection.

Read more on the intervention.

Locusts worsening food insecurity in East Africa

Communities in East Africa are still battling destructive swarms of desert locusts. The infestation is happening at a time when the region is also battling severe floods. Many families are now facing food security threat as a result.

Read about the locust outbreak and what we are doing to help

New hope for Gorgine

Renewed violence in Ituri, the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is driving people across the border into Uganda. Many have gone weeks without adequate food, clean drinking water, and shelter as the border was previously closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Uganda has now received about 3,000 refugees. Gorgine is one of them and talks about her ordeal.

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