AMREF
AMREF is the world’s leading African health development organization. Founded in 1957 with headquarters, history and feet on the ground in Africa, AMREF works closely with African communities and governments to fight disease, strengthen health systems and train health workers. In 2005, AMREF won the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Award for Global Health for making major and lasting contributions to health in Africa.
One of AMREF’s priorities is improving access to clean water. More than 1 billion people in the developing world live without safe drinking water. The crisis is worse in sub-Saharan Africa, where 2 in 5 people lack access to safe water. Working with diverse groups like nomadic communities in Ethiopia, urban slum dwellers in Nairobi and school children in Uganda, AMREF’s water and sanitation projects have improved access to safe water and brought better health to thousands of people. Learn more www.amrefcanada.org
Read about AMREF currently working in Ethiopia
Water for Life, South Omo Ethiopia
