challenge to some persons with disabilities who are not able to access some services. 15.2 Access to drinking water and sanitation In Namibia the main sources of drinking water are piped water, boreholes, protected wells, stagnant water and flowing waters from the rivers. The 2012 update on Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMT) listed Namibia amongst those countries that have met the MDG drinking water target. The Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey of 2009/2010 revealed that 72% of the households in the country have a distance of less than 1 kilometer to their source of drinking water. However, 24% of households have to cover 1-2 kilometers to fetch drinking water, and almost 1 % has to travel more than 5 kilometers to their source of drinking water. In urban areas, 94% of the households have a distance of less than 1 kilometer to the source of drinking water, compared to 56% of rural households. In rural areas, 38% of the households travel a distance of 1-2 kilometers to fetch water. There is a strong relationship between the income level of the household and the distance to source of drinking water. The higher, the income of the household, the closer the source of drinking water. During July 2013, Cabinet granted approval to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to provide free water for human consumption to poor households in terms of the Water Supply and Sanitation Policy of 2008. The Government has a National Sanitation Strategy for the period 2010 until 2015, in which it has committed itself to build improved sanitation or toilets in the rural areas. However, the 2009/2010 NHIES reveals that 49% of the households in the country have no toilets. Efforts are being made to build dry toilets in rural areas throughout the country. The programme to build toilets started during the financial year 2010/11. 15.3 Access to schools Generally, the Ministry of Education continues to receive the largest share of the national budget every year. During 2012/13, the Ministry of Education received N$ 10 700 000 000 (approx. US$ 588 million) - 35 -