MAKE POVERTY HISTORY

The G8 Leaders at the conference in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2005, need your support to help them make a momentous decision in history.

'This is not an issue of politics, it's an issue of morality' - Sir Bob Geldof

$1 is the daily income of half of Africa's people

This information has been collected from the United Nation Statistics divisions.

Detailed statistics relating to Millennium Indicator: 'Water, percentage of population with access to improved drinking water sources,  in rural areas.

It looks like there have been some improvements over the twelve year period, and I am sure this continues to improve; with the help of many great movements, e.g. wateraid, World Vision, LiveAid etc etc.

Why does everyone not have access to clean, available drinking water within a reasonable distance?

Could you imagine having to walk miles to get to a clean, available water source - they do. This lists just those countries where under two thirds of the population do not have easy access to clean water.

These figures are disgraceful.

'This is not an issue of politics, it's an issue of morality' - Sir Bob Geldof

African countries are in red

The first table relates to rural areas only - the second to rural and urban

table one.

The first table relates to rural areas only - the second to rural and urban

table two

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