Saturday, September 27, 2008

Just imagine...

Go watch this short video...its will inspire you.

Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, usually women and children, walk more than three hours every day to fetch water that is likely to make them sick. Those hours are crucial, preventing many from working or attending school. Additionally, collecting water puts them at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault. Children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of unsafe water. Of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation, 90% are children under 5 years old.

1 comment:

Mel said...

What's amazing is how relatively easy and inexpensive it is for us spoiled Americans (speaking for myself) to help with this problem. And how much we take for granted. I'll never look at a shower the same way. Okay, I probably will, but not for a while at least.