lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation globally
1 in 3 girls
do not complete primary school (compared to 1 in 7 boys)
15% increase
in female enrollment when provided with clean water
443m days
absent due to preventable water diseases each year
Access to clean water restores health for families and reduces the amount of time that children, who often help with chores at home, spend walking and waiting to collect water each day. Clean water gives kids a chance to attend school and build a better future.
Until no one dies from dirty water.
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Collecting dirty water takes time! When families have access to clean water close to home, kids can focus on more important things, like going to school, studying, and enjoying their childhood.
Why is it important to have safe water and adequate facilities at school?
Clean water stations give kids a place to wash their hands. Proper latrines provide privacy for young girls. These facilities ensure that kids who become healthy, continue to stay healthy.
Why is education important for kids in rural communities?
Attending school gives kids a chance to expand their knowledge and pursue new opportunities. It provides a chance to become doctors, engineers, and social workers. It promotes stronger futures.
Kids who attend school get to expand their worldview and think beyond the jobs available in their rural communities. They get to dream bigger.
Watch this video to meet some of the incredible young leaders who are changing the trajectory for future generations in developing countries around the world.
Edison understand how important is clean water for children. He give up his 6th birthday this year so children can has one. Millions of children across the world who died before their fifth birthday. Edison choose to give up so they can live.
Edison goal is to raise $300 to help 500 children in Vietnam to have clean drinking water.
Help Edison to make his wishes come true.
Approximately 700,000 childrens die every year water-related diseases.