Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio. Absent, inadequate, or inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to preventable health risks. This is particularly the case in health care facilities where both patients and staff are placed at additional risk of infection and disease when water, sanitation, and hygiene services are lacking. Globally, 15% of patients develop an infection during a hospital stay, with the proportion much greater in low-income countries.  

We at Master’s want to do something to solve this global problem.  Starting in 2022, we are partnering with the Christian Relief Fund, and sending 5% of our profits to help build wells to provide clean drinking water for entire villages. We expect that we will be able to fund at least two new wells each year!