Food crisis in West Africa
Millions of children and their families in West and Central Africa face a growing humanitarian disaster as a food crisis intensifies across the region.
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Take action to end the WASH crisis
We are calling upon the new federal government to prioritise Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in its aid program and we need your help. There is a global crisis in sanitation and water - 2.6 billion people do not have access to sanitation and 884 million people do not have access to safe water . We are joining forces with 15 other aid organisations and academic institutions to collectively lobby the new parliamentarians to help us end this water crisis.
Can you help by contacting your local Member of Parliament to show your support for this ‘Call to Action’?
Read on to find out why we are doing this and what you need to do to help.
Women and Children
The human cost of this crisis is staggering and it hits children and women hardest. Each year this results in over 1.4 million child deaths from diarrhoea. This is entirely avoidable. International aid funding for WASH has been low for decades and must be raised on the list of priorities. We know the solutions and they are affordable. When communities practice good hygiene behaviours, use toilets and have access to safe water, their lives are transformed.
What can you do?
Your support can help bring an end to the WASH crisis. This campaign will be all the more powerful and influential if government representatives are contacted directly from members of their electorate, rather than simply through aid organisations.
We ask you to:
1. Write a letter to your member of parliament (or download a pre-written letter here)
2. Download the WASH ‘Call to Action’ document (hyperlink)
3. Find your MP’s email address here
4. Email your letter and the WASH ‘Call to Action’ to your MP
For more details please contact Janet Parry at janet.parry@plan.org.au