Diarrhoeal disease, caused by poor sanitation and drinking contaminated water, is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old. Yet, the reality is that the majority of common illnesses like this are preventable. Last year, Opportunity Ambassador Jessica Anderson visited one of Opportunity’s community development initiatives that have been introduced to make statistics like these a thing of the past. The Community Health Facilitators program educates women throughout India’s disadvantaged areas in illness prevention, nutrition and basic health treatment, so that they can go on to train their communities in basic healthcare.