Saran Kaba Jones is the founder of FACE Africa, a group working to improve access to clean water in rural Liberia.
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Saran Kaba Jones is the founder of FACE Africa, a group working to improve access to clean water in rural Liberia.
Braden Summers
Launched in 2009, the group has implemented a series of low-cost safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects in hard-to-reach communities.
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Launched in 2009, the group has implemented a series of low-cost safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects in hard-to-reach communities.
Braden Summers
Its low-tech water solutions include hand-dug wells, rehabilitation of existing wells and construction of communal latrines.
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Its low-tech water solutions include hand-dug wells, rehabilitation of existing wells and construction of communal latrines.
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Liberia, which emerged from the wreckage of a 14-year civil war in 2003, is facing a severe water crisis. Approximately 3,000 people, more than half of which are children under the age of five, die each year from diarrhea, according to World Bank figures.
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Liberia, which emerged from the wreckage of a 14-year civil war in 2003, is facing a severe water crisis. Approximately 3,000 people, more than half of which are children under the age of five, die each year from diarrhea, according to World Bank figures.
Braden Summers
Jones says that many young girls are missing out on school as they have to walk long distances to fetch water.
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Jones says that many young girls are missing out on school as they have to walk long distances to fetch water.
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Based in the United States, Jones, 30, travels to Liberia every three months to monitor the development of the projects. She says that funding and human capacity are two of the main challenges for FACE Africa.
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Based in the United States, Jones, 30, travels to Liberia every three months to monitor the development of the projects. She says that funding and human capacity are two of the main challenges for FACE Africa.
FACE Africa
"I decided to focus specifically on water because the issue of water really crosses all aspects of development," says Jones.
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"I decided to focus specifically on water because the issue of water really crosses all aspects of development," says Jones.
FACE Africa
The group is now focusing all of its efforts to implement an ambitious project that's aiming to bring water coverage in 60,000 people in Liberia's River Cess county by 2017.
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The group is now focusing all of its efforts to implement an ambitious project that's aiming to bring water coverage in 60,000 people in Liberia's River Cess county by 2017.
Braden Summers
Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum included Jones in its Young Global Leaders Class of 2013, a group it describes as the best of today's leaders under the age of 40.
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Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum included Jones in its Young Global Leaders Class of 2013, a group it describes as the best of today's leaders under the age of 40.
Yinka Ajakaiye