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For Australians, access to safe, clean water is as easy as turning on a tap. But for millions of children around the world, it is an exhausting and sometimes dangerous daily journey.

Today, 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water at home. For children, this not only impacts their health and wellbeing, but can be detrimental to their education and future prospects.

Every day more than 1,400 children under the age of five die from diarrhoea. More than half of these deaths are due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene.

ChildFund works in partnership with developing communities that do not have access to clean water to find solutions that will be safer for children and their families.

Here are some of the ways these communities around the world are solving their water problems.

Fog Traps in Laos

Human babies are extremely vulnerable. They are born helpless – unable to feed themselves, to walk or even hold up their own heads. They cannot protect themselves from danger and need 24/7 care from the moment they are born. With no inbuilt immunity, their tiny bodies are also highly susceptible to disease and malnourishment.

It takes many years of development before a human baby can achieve even small milestones in independence. For new mothers, the resulting sense of responsibility can be overwhelming and scary.

But in Timor-Leste, the situation for new mothers is even more frightening. Every five hours a child under the age of one will lose their life, making them 14 times more likely to die than an Australian newborn.

Yet with education and support, these deaths are largely preventable.

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