Liliane, 14, carries an empty container as she makes her way to collect safe drinking water in Mukerezi-Mpakaniro hill, Makamba Province, Burundi, January 2017.

VIDEO: Beyoncé, Gucci & UNICEF USA Are Bringing Clean, Safe Water to Burundi

Water is health. Water is education. Water is life.

Through her BeyGOOD philanthropic arm, Beyoncé launched the multiyear BEYGOOD4BURUNDI initiative with UNICEF USA in 2017 to support programs to improve water, sanitation and basic hygiene in the hardest-to-reach areas of the landlocked East African nation, where nearly half the population had no access to safe water. 

HOW TO HELP

There are many ways to make a difference

War, famine, poverty, natural disasters — threats to the world's children keep coming. But UNICEF won't stop working to keep children healthy and safe.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories — more places than any other children's organization. UNICEF has the world's largest humanitarian warehouse and, when disaster strikes, can get supplies almost anywhere within 72 hours. Constantly innovating, always advocating for a better world for children, UNICEF works to ensure that every child can grow up healthy, educated, protected and respected.

Would you like to help give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential? There are many ways to get involved.

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