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One in every three people consuming unsafe water

Oblivious of the hazard, a boy drinks water from Oinobsos River in Baringo County in 2016. More than two billion people, including children, don't have access to safe drinking water. [File, Standard]

Do you have drinking water that is free from contamination and available when needed? Does it take you less than thirty minutes to collect water from a protected source?

If not, you are part of the one-in-three people globally that do not have access to safe drinking water according to a joint report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

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