• It is one of the three poorest countries in the world (#167 out of 169 countries on the U.N. Development Index, 2010)
   
• 61% of the people earn less than $1 a day
   
• 68% have no access to clean water
   
• 87% have no access to good sanitation
   
• Life expectancy is 53 years

What will it take to achieve the Millenium Development Goals by 2015?  (Set by USAID & the West Africa Water Initiative)

A HUGE amount of money!!

• $76 million every year for water
• $10 million every year for sanitaion

Currently, the government is only able to invest less than 10% of that because it is so poor.