Millions of children in developing world have no access to clean water ...

A report (.pdf), released this week by UNICEF during the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development (DIHAD) conference, documents the challenges many schoolchildren in developing countries face in accessing safe drinking water and sanitation, United Press International reports (4/6). Don’t wait until it’s too late, find out more about child hygiene .

According to a UNICEF press release, the report finds that "[i]n 60 countries in the developing world, more than half of primary schools have no adequate water facilities and nearly two thirds lack adequate sanitation."

"Millions of children in the developing world go to schools which have no drinking water or clean latrines - basic things that many of us take for granted," Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said during the launch of the report. "Every child has the right to be in a school that offers safe water, healthy sanitation and hygiene education," Kaag added (4/5)