Deadline: 30 September 2014
One of the most critical problems in developing world (rural and urban area) is lack of access to safe water. Around the world 2.5 billion people have no sanitary facilities and 1 billion people defecate in the open. If you are an NGO supporting Water and Sanitation projects, you can make your fundraising easy partnering with Water and if you are an individual who care for health & hygiene of people around the globe, this is your fight against world poverty. You have the potential to save people, you have the platform to prove your capacity. Don’t wait!
Your Participation is crucial because–
- Every 21 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness
- Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water
- More than 2.5x more people lack water than live in the United States
- The majority of illness is caused by fecal matter
- More people have a mobile than a toilet
- Lack of community involvement causes 50% of other projects to fail
Water.org approaches to Programs
- Local Partnership to find a solution tailored to the needs of each community, instead of a technological fix the community has no way of maintaining.
- Community Ownership in every stage and level.
- Appropriate Technology in selecting the technology, designing local technology, constructing water projects, using community members solution methodologies in maintenance and repair.
- Addressing Sanitation and Hygiene
- Measuring and Monitoring Success
- The WaterCredit Initiative – catalyzing small loans to individuals and communities in developing countries
The process is
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For more information, please visit Change Lives with Water.
