Tearfund Leads Fight Against Global Sanitation Crisis

Christian relief and development agency Tearfund has renewed its call on the UK Government to take the lead in tackling the global sanitation crisis in the wake of the report from the select committee on international development critiquing the Government's record on water and sanitation.

Laura Webster, Senior Policy Adviser at Tearfund, gave evidence to the select committee. She said, "We welcome this report and join select committee members in their call for urgent attention to be given to the hidden emergency which is the global sanitation crisis.

"We also agree that money alone will not solve the problem for the 2.6 billion who currently lack access to adequate sanitation and the 1.1. billion people without clean water. What is needed is a global action plan which galvanises political commitment at the highest level."