800 schoolbags line the steps of St Paul’s in moving tribute to daily child deaths

WaterAid placed 800 children’s schoolbags on the famous steps of St Paul’s Cathedral today as a stark reminder of the number of young children’s lives lost every single day due to dirty water and poor sanitation. Each of the Cathedral’s 24 entrance steps represented one hour – and the 33 children younger than five who die every hour – a whole class that never even made it to school, all for the lack of something as basic as clean water.  On the bags in the front row were the names…

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