Happy Belated Water Day
Posted on March 23, 2009
Filed under something to hear, something to look at, somewhere to create, somewhere to go.
Apparently yesterday was the 16th annual World Water Day which is the “U.N.-based initiative that seeks to raise awareness to the millions of Africans that live without daily access to clean, safe water.” There’s apparently a lot more I’m not aware of when it comes to the state of water in the rest of the world:
- One billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in six of us.
- 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation, specifically a toilet.
- Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
- Of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation, 90% are children under 5 years old.
- $20 can give a person in Africa clean, safe drinking water for 20 years.
100% goes to direct project costs. donate >
Watch more, learn more, and find out how to get involved through charity:water.org.
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