In the countries MAF serves: SAFE DRINKING WATER
is UNAVAILABLE to nearly half of rural villagers
LESS THAN
50%
under the age of
FIVE
million children die each year
Lack of healthcare access is a primary factor.
2/ 3s
More than half of the BIRTHS to women under the age of 20 take place
of the populations live in rural areas, are UNDERNOURISHED, and have NO ACCESS to improved sanitation
WITHOUT the assistance of A MEDICAL DOCTOR
BY 2025, the combined populations of the places MAF serves will be 500 million
will rise by
NEED FOR MAF’S SERVICES, and the
25%
including medical assistance ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) SEVEN doctors
80%
of Congolese survive on
< $2 US dollars a day
for every
100,000 PEOPLE
Haiti more than
46% of Haitians have no access to healthcare Three years after A SINGLE CHOLERA OUTBREAK started in 2010, roughly 252,640 PEOPLE have been affected and NEARLY 5,000 HAVE DIED from this preventable disease.
70%
Lesotho
of the population survive on
40% are unemployed
< $1 US dollars a day
25%
are infected with HIV
Mozambique
29%
of Mozambicans live in rural areas and make up 82 PERCENT OF THE NATION’S POOR
29%
are infected with HIV
Indonesia 40,000 PEOPLE die due to MALARIA every year, in indonesia
Sources: WHO, CDC, U.N. Human Development Reports.