Water, Sanitation and Hygiene education in mozambique Where is Mozambique? 
Some facts about Mozambique..... - The Ex-Portugese colony is one of the poorest countries the world and is home to a population of 21 million people
- Mozambique is still recovering from a 17 byear civil war which ended in 1992
- Extreme poverty is widespread - 69.4% of Mozambicans live below the poverty Line
- 58% of the population do not have access to a safe water supply
Diarrhoea causes around 10% of deaths in children under the age of five.
Sanitation coverage is very low at 27%
Case Studies 
Margarida Herculano Cumbe (pictured right with one of her children) lives in Maputo, an area of Mozambique. margarida,who has travel a long way to get water and has to pay for it, says: 'It is difficult to get clean water in this area. Dirty water has disease like cholera' When Margarida's daughter died, aged six months, it happened suddenly. The baby was recovering from malaria. The sickness started with diarrhoea and Margarida took her to hospitial but was sent home as the doctors said the child would not survive. The baby dies at home. Margarida knows her child's death was a result of the dirty water. Margarida says 'My daughter wouldn't have died if there had been clean water' WaterAid has been working through local partners in Mozambique since 1995, assiting communities to implement water sanitation and hygiene projects directly. Developing the skills of local goverment and communities to plan, manage projects independently is a vital part of WaterAid's approach, contributing to the long term sustainability of its work. Local initatives are best placed to provide appropriate, practical and long term support to communities, who are also better placed to understand their rights as a result.
Awa Saide (pictured above) from the Lione villiage, in the Niassa province of Mazambique, tell us how community life has changed after a Romp Pump was installed. 'We had a traditional well on the edge of the swamp before we got this well, but the water was very bad. This water has changed our lives dramatically. we can drink clean water. We have fewer problems with sickness. When we are stronger we can work harder. It is easier to cut the grass for the roof and to cut more to sell. It also gives us enough water. I grow crops for a living and sell beans. the well is for drinking only - for washing we go to the river.... to keep the well clean'.
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