Learn. Listen. Act.
To learn more about our sister organization, Fields of Life, and the impact they’re having on African communities. Please visit:
To read more about water and its impact on society, please visit the following sites.
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Water Related Links:
- http://www.sphereproject.org/content/view/38/84/lang,english/
- http://www.righttowater.info/
- http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/rightowater/en/
- http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=1748
- http://www.cohre.org/water
- http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
- http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR06-complete.pdf
- http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/faqs/food-water.html
- http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmp_report_7_10_lores.pdf
- http://esa.un.org/iys/iys_launch.shtml 2008
- http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/saferwater/en/index.html
- http://www.who.int/docstore/water_sanitation_health/vector/water_resources.htm
- http://www.unicef.org/wash/index_watersecurity.html
Quick Facts
- One in six people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water.
- Water makes up 70% of the earth, but 1.1 billion people lack access to safe water supplies.
- According to the U.N., a child dies from waterborne diseases every 15 seconds.
- In East Africa, water-related disease kills 1 in 4 children who die before the age of 5.
- 70% of East African hospital visits are caused by unsafe drinking water.
- Women and children walk an average of three miles a day to fetch water.
- Women in Africa and Asia carry the U.S. luggage allowance (44 pounds) of water on their heads..
- The average U.S. home uses 100 gallons of water each day; an African family uses about five gallons of water each day.
