A Small Drop Can Have a Huge Ripple.
Around the globe, one out of every seven people lacks access to safe drinking water.
That’s over 890 million people. 100 New York Cities full of people without something as simple and important as water. Water is the most fundamental and critical currency in the world. We all, regardless of who we are, need it to live.
Most Americans don’t think much about their water. We turn on a tap and have instant access to safe & clean fresh water that we can drink, cook, shower and clean with. This doesn’t happen in many parts of the world.
Contaminated wells. Dirty rivers. Ponds. Water we would never consider even for dish washing is all that many have, if they have access to water at all. From Bangladesh to Mozambique, communities fight cholera and other preventable water-borne diseases, many of which especially affect children, costing both lives and educational opportunities. Women may walk for several miles every day to fill a jug of unclean water for their family, in some cases risking their safety doing so. In some places, water is simply not there.
Water leads the way to hygiene, sanitation and better health. Better health leads to education and education leads to the steps out of poverty. It really is that simple.
A small drop can have a huge ripple.
Clean water = healthier life
Healthier lives = productive communities
Water = hope
Access to clean water combats extreme poverty, global disease, and political & economic instability. Clean water is a currency for peace around the world, and is the cornerstone to improving quality of life for millions.
Clean water is also a remarkably easy thing to achieve.
Join us and make that happen.