Water is Essential For Life, it's the Basis for Healthy, Productive Communities
Access to clean, safe water saves lives, improves the health of families and children, keeps girls in school, saves millions of hours spent daily collecting water, and empowers the leaders of tomorrow. Diseases from contaminated water kill more people every year than all forms of violence combined, including war.
Help end the global water crisis - there is an urgent need for clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools and communities around the world.
- Health. Accessible clean water improves health, sanitation, and personal hygiene to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
- Education. Safe water and sanitation gives kids time and health for school, instead of sharing the burden with their mothers, children around the world spend 200 million hours each day collecting water.
- Women Empowerment. It is mostly women and children that bear the responsibility for water collection, they are responsible for finding a resource their families need to survive - for drinking, cooking, sanitation and hygiene.
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Economic. An estimated $260 billion is lost annually due to a lack of basic water and sanitation - access to safe water and sanitation saves valuable time, giving families more time to focus on education and income opportunities that can break the cycle of poverty.