We Are Water Foundation Hygiene is key to save lives The We Are Water Foundation has intensified its activity in the last few months, with the participation in new projects in communities especially threatened by the pandemic and an intense awareness-raising activity on the impact of COVID-19 The We Are Water Foundation has worked for more than a decade in the promotion of a new water culture and in the development of projects that guarantee the access to water and sanitation in the most disadvantaged areas of the planet. Throughout this time, it has disseminated the importance of personal hygiene to eradicate pandemics that are often forgotten by developed societies, such as diarrhea and pneumonia, which continue causing hundreds of daily deaths all around the world. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation even more for the 3 billion people that lack access to adequate handwashing facilities with soap and water in their homes. In other words, only three out of every five people in the world have basic facilities for this elemental hygiene norm, recommended by all international institutions as the most effective method against the virus. In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19, in recent months the Foundation has worked in the development of its own new actions and in the support of new projects and programs, with a dual objective: on the one hand, to contribute to stopping short-term transmission in the most vulnerable communities; on the other hand, to raise awareness among the population of the importance of hygiene beyond the current situation, focusing on regions that have been suffering similar pandemics for decades. The problems of access to water and sanitation are endemic in Indonesia, especially in rural areas Afghan refugee camp 24