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Added: 2006-05-12 12:57
Modified: 2006-05-29 9:58
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| 5-For Slum-Dwellers, Home is a Four-Letter Word |
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- At least 1 billion people – mainly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – live in slums and informal squatter settlements. By 2020 that figure could double.
- People living in slums often do not have access to safe water or adequate sanitation and are faced with poor air quality.
- It is estimated that 1.3 million children in developing countries die from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and inadequate sanitation every year.
- One of the Millennium Development Goals aims to significantly improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020.
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