Give Water

The environment, unpredictable weather patterns and natural disasters, mean many parts of the world don’t have a stable source of clean, safe water. Poor access to water, or droughts can cause consequential effects, resulting in failing crops, poor health and malnutrition.

Women and Children are disproportionately affected by the water crisis, as they are often responsible for collecting water. This takes time away from work, school and caring for family, locking them into a cycle of poverty. The average distance that women and children walk, to collect water in Africa and Asia is 3.7 miles, carrying around 20 litres of water.

Global One are working with local partners and community members, to find the best sustainable solution in poverty stricken, water scarce locations.

Pakistan

Areas of Pakistan are extremely prone to drought and lack basic water infrastructure. In rural Pakistan, where one-third of the population resides, there is restricted access to adequate sanitation services and safe drinking water and many are left to find water from stagnant ponds or contaminated supplies. With over 22 million people, not having access to water close to their home, many need to travel miles, often alone and exposed to attacks and abuse, just to fetch water.

Bangladesh

The Rohingya refugee crisis, has left nearly 1 million Rohingya people currently sheltering in refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh, after fleeing ethnic cleansing. Living in makeshift shelters, tightly packed together, in a country already lacking in access to safe water and sanitation for its already densely populated lands, access to many basic resources including water has been scarce for these families.

Kenya

With a population of 46 million, more than half suffer from poor sanitation and rely on access to water from unsafe water sources. These challenges are especially evident in the rural areas and the urban slums, leaving people to find their own ways of searching for appropriate solutions to these basic needs. For school-aged children, it’s a burden that traps them in poverty.

Nigeria

Nigeria is home to over 190 million people and is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa. 55 million don’t have access to clean water and 116 million don’t have a decent toilet. Poor water and sanitation results in 65,00 children, under the age of 5, dying each year. Few places are as diverse as Nigeria, with customs and languages of more than 500 ethnic groups, making education and good hygiene awareness a great challenge.

Access to safe water and sanitation can quickly turn problems into potential, unlocking education, work opportunities and improved health for women, children and families across the world.

Clean water doesn’t just quench thirst, it helps communities with sanitation, cleaning, cooking and gives them the means to grow their own food.

Mothers will be able to enjoy a life free from the constant fear of their children contracting deadly water-borne diseases and they will no longer have to spend hours searching for water.

Children will have the time to go to school and people from the community will be able to grow their own food to eat and sell to help provide an income.

Donate a well today and give water.