You can give it back. Without reliable access to clean and safe water, women and girls must walk miles to the nearest lake, river, or pond to collect dirty water. Some wake up before the sun and return home after it sets. Many will lose their ability to complete primary education — or even lose their lives — on this dangerous, daily trek.
It doesn’t have to be this way. You can change their lives today. For just $20/month, you’ll bring six people lifesaving access to clean water every year and end their grueling walk for water.
Donate Now696 million people in the world live without clean water. That’s nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide. The majority live in isolated areas and spend hours each day walking to collect water for their family. Not only does walking for water keep girls out of school, but it steals the time women could be using to earn an income. And the water often carries diseases that make everyone sick.
charity: water is on a mission to end the global water crisis.Since 2006, we’ve funded clean water for more than 16.8 million people in 29 countries alongside 54 dedicated local partners.
A schedule set by dirty water can mean 4 a.m. wake-up calls. It can mean hours of walking. Missed classes. Neverending chores. A relentless, painstaking juggle of needs, wants, and dreams.
But give time and clean water, and the daily grind grinds to a halt. Women and girls can suddenly — and wonderfully — live lives free from the burden of dirty water and wasted time.
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For the accountants, bankers, and math-minded folks in the audience, here are the cold hard facts: according to charity: water’s MAP framework*, a family saves an average of 70 minutes per day once they have access to clean water.
We realize that’s a per-household figure — not per person. However, we also know that women and girls almost always bear the burden of collecting water for their families. It’s a norm we’ve witnessed time and time again, and we’re not the only ones. Overwhelmingly, it is their time that gets stolen, and with clean water, saved.
*MAP is charity: water’s monitoring & evaluation framework which collects data across a range of water, sanitation, and hygiene indicators. Through MAP, charity: water has funded the collection of more than 65,000 household surveys across 18 countries.