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967 Number of open Rotary Foundation grants for water and sanitation projects

216 Number of open grant projects that include drilling wells or boreholes for clean water

142 Number of open grant projects that include building latrines for improved sanitation

161 Number of open grants for water and sanitation projects in India, the country with the largest number of open grants

561 Number of grants the Foundation awarded in 2007-08 for water and sanitation projects

US$8.6 million Total amount the Foundation awarded in 2007-08 for water and sanitation projects

4,560 Number of grants the Foundation awarded from 1989 to May 2009 for water and sanitation projects

US$59.2 million Total amount the Foundation awarded during that period for water and sanitation projects

Why water?

In many Myanmar orphanages in this troubled country, kids and teenagers must carry water in large buckets, for often hundreds of feet or more just to meet minimum needs of their orphanage for water. As this water is untreated and usually from an uncontrollable natural source, bacteriological content is often a danger to the children.

Available supply by this means of manual transport is also usually inadequate to meet the needs of the children. Finally, there is considerable risk of harm to a child's body due to carrying heavy water buckets daily.
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