Unfortunately…
- Every day, worldwide, 3900 children die from diarrheal disease caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and
poor hygiene.
- Almost half of rural Ghana has no access to clean drinking water.
- 63% of children under five in Ghana receive anti-malarial drugs for malaria fever.
- Ghana has an infant mortality rate of 68 per 1000 live births compared to 5 per 1000 in
the US.
- The adult literacy rate in Ghana is 58% ;
US rate: 99%.
- Life expectancy in Ghana is just 57 years vs. roughly 80 in the US.
- 45% of Ghana’s population earn below
$1 a day.
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Many in rural Ghana are in need
of practical help. |
“We found these facts unacceptable,” says Grace Quartey, a CPA in the United States and co-founder of BSF. “We felt compelled to do something about them.”
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