"Water is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."

~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi ~

The Issue

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663 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in nine of the world's population

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Half of the world’s hospital beds are filled with people suffering from water related diseases (UN)

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The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns (UN)

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443 million school days are lost each year due to water related illness (WHO/UNICEF)

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Women and children collectively walk 200 million miles a day to collect, often dirty and unsafe, water

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1.5 million children die every year due to water related diseases

The results

 

 

What a difference a drop makes

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For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, there is an economic return of between $3 - $34 (WHO)

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The introduction of a clean water source to a community saves thousands of hours every week previously lost to water collection

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The time freed up from water collection means women have more time for work and productivity within the community increases

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When children no longer have to collect water they can spend more time in education, improving their chances of a brighter future

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Hygiene education programmes and practices dramatically improve the health of a community, heavily reducing the amount of water related diseases and deaths

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Clean water lays the foundations to a brighter future and creates a happier world