WATER & SANITATION AKROS HELPED OVER 40,000 VILLAGES ELIMINATE WATER AND FOOD CONTAMINATION. Many villages in Zambia do not have adequate toilets. Without toilets, it is extremely easy for food and water to become contaminated with insects and animals moving freely between human waste and food. Contaminated food and water lead to all kinds of nasty diseases, like diarrhea and cholera, particularly in children.

TRACHOMA PREVENTION Trachoma is an eye infection caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, and is a major cause of blindness especially in areas with limited access to water and sanitation. In Zambia, Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Repeated infections lead to scarring of eye tissue. When this scarring happens, the eyelid eventually turns in on itself and eyelashes continuously scratch at the cornea, which may eventually lead to blindness. The infection can be spread by bacteria on the legs of flies, and the common sharing of cloths to wipe the face, especially of children. It is responsible for three percent of global blindness.