Water.org is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. They have featured projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://water.org/
WATER FACTS: 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people.
SANITATION FACTS: 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation, including 1.2 billion people who have no facilities at all.
CHILDREN: A child dies every 20 seconds from a (preventable) water-related disease.
WOMEN: In just one day, more than 200 million hours of women’s time is consumed for the most basic of human needs — collecting water for domestic use.
DISEASE: At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
Take time to learn about the water crisis and read more water facts at - http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
Informative 9 min video of Matt Damon & Gary White – Water.org co-founders – in rural Ethiopia talking with communities about their water situation.
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