We envision the day when everyone can take a safe drink of water.
WHY WATER?:
- One in eight people don't have access to clean water (nearly one billion people)
- Twice as many don't have a toilets (2.5 billion)
- The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
- Nearly all the victims are children (84% - most are under 5 years old)
- A child dies every 20 seconds from a (preventable!) water-related disease
- Women in developing countries walk an average of 3.7 miles a day for water.
THE GOOD NEWS:
It doesn't have to be this way. We're not waiting on a magic cure - the solutions are simple, inexpensive, and available - today!
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