An aid project in an LEDC: Wateraid in Mali

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Mali background - where is mali located?
mali is a landlocked country is west africa located between mauritania and niger.
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Mali background - what % of mali is desert and what is the name of the desert in mali?
the sahara desert cover 65% of mali
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Mali background - what was the HDI of mali in 2000?
Mali has a low HDI, and in 2000 it was 0.270
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Mali background - what is Mali's Population?
Mali has a population of 12 million
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Mali background - how many people have guaranteed access to water in mali?
less than 50% of people have guaranteed access to water in mali
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Wateraid's activity - when did wateraid first begin to help the people of mali?
wateraid have been active in mali since the year 2000
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Wateraid's achievements - how man people have gained access to water and sanitation because of wateraid?
nearly 60,000 people have gained access to water and sanitation because of wateraid.
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Wateraid's achievements - what has wateraid done to empower communities to continue their own development in the future?
wateraid has created education programmes and set up local centres selling spare parts allowing the people of mali to repair their own water and sanitation facilities and empowering them to continue to develop in the future.
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Wateraid's achievements - in what way has wateraid influenced national policies?
wateraid has risen the profile of the water and sanitation sector.
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Wateraid's achievements - what has supplying clean, uncontaminated water, improving sanitation and hygiene education resulted in?
it has reduced the number of deaths caused by diarrhoeal disease by 65%
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Wateraid's achievements - what are three other things wateraid have achieved in mali?
they have built an advanced waterpipe system, increased quality of life and increased life expectancy
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Wateraid's achievements - what does less disease mean for the people of mail?
less disease more people can go to school and work and mali can begin to build up their economy, and increase tourism bringing in more tax revenue allowing them to further improve facilities
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sustainability - name three ways wateraid's work is sustainable.
a healthy population allows for a rise in employment, the facilities they have provided are right for mali's level of development and the education wateraid have provided allows them to continue to maintain and improve these systems.
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