See Plan Canada's water and sanitation projects in action.

1. Water and sanitation See Plan’s projects in action Local maintenance: Communities maintain their own local water and sanitation facilities, like these children washing the floor of a borehole enclosure built by Plan at a school in Togo.

2. Wonder water: Children catch water from a Plan-supported pump in Sierra Leone.

3. Real life science: Girls from a Water and Sanitation Committee in India test the pH balance of water in their village.

4. Bringing water to crops: These Plan-supported irrigation canals in Ethiopia are crucial to food production in the area, especially in times of sporadic rainfall.

5. Play Pumps: Children in Bangladesh spend their lunch hour on a Play Pump see-saw, which pumps clean water to the school toilets and a drinking water fountain.

6. Performing arts: School children perform a water-and-sanitation-themed play to help educate village elders, parents and peers in Ghana.

7. Ending cholera: Plan helped to bring the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti under control by providing hundreds of prevention kits.

8. Rainy day fund: Water in this tank is stored for dry periods at a primary school in Ghana, West Africa.

9. Underground resource: Construction of an underground reservoir for a rain water harvesting system to supply safe drinking water to a primary school in Bangladesh.

10. Portable water: Plan-supported water points reduce the time spent collecting water and improve water quality, making it possible for girls - like these two in Laos - to attend school.

11. Give us a hand: A girl in a temporary camp in Pakistan demonstrates how to wash hands properly in a hygiene training session for children supported by Plan.

12. Community management: Community members in Cameroon work together to manage their Plan-supported water point and provide access to clean drinking water.

13. Emergency water: Plan is responsible for water and sanitation at eight camps in Haiti, including toilet blocks, bathrooms, showers, and drinking water.

14. Sanitary conditions: A mom educates her children about good hygiene after Plan installed latrines in all the houses in this neighbourhood in Colombia.

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