Charity: Water provides clean and safe water for people who need it

 

Charity: Water provides clan and safe water to the people of developing countries

One of the most basic needs of life is water, but more than 800 million people worldwide do not have access to a clean water source, and an estimated 2.5 billion do not have access to improved sanitation. -(CDC) These stats gravely contribute to 3.4 million people who die each year from waterborne diseases, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide than all forms of violence, including war -as reported by the World Health Organization (Oosterveen).

Charity:Water is one of the leading non-profit organizations in the world bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. With approximately 28,389 water projects in about 26 developing countries, Charity Water has provided safe and clean water to over 8 million people.

Manhattan(New York) based NGO, Charity: Water, launched in 2006, since then, the organization has been on a mission to bring clean and safe water to people in need, specifically those living in the most remote, rural corners of the world. Currently active in Africa, Asia, Central and South America fully focused on using digital channels to reach out to donors.

Charity: water’s approach is infrastructure-based, as it seeks to act as a ‘solution-agnostic’ water provider, that is, to provide water using any infrastructural solution, whether that is wells, piping, or purification. 

The organization engages with supporters through digital content: video, copy, graphics and photography. This young, 70-person charity: Water brings in a yearly income of around $36 million for safe water projects around the world. This organization prides itself on transparency; funds received through donations are used to sponsor safe water projects. 

Charity: Water currently uses 100% of all public donations to directly fund water projects, and they prove every dollar using photos and GPS coordinates on a map, making it possible for donors to see how their money is being spent. Their mission is not only to solve the water crisis in developing countries but to reinvent charity.

Charity: Water was set up by Scott Harrison in 2004, who was a nightclub promoter in New York, who witnessed that people of all ages suffering with life-threatening illnesses created by a simple cause: drinking and bathing in dirty water. Ironically, 40 feet below ground, underneath these communities, was the clean water that people desperately needed, but they rarely had the means to literally tap into it. After returning to the USA, Scott founded Charity: Water to bring clean drinking water to every person on the planet. 

How Charity: Water works in India,

Less than 50 per cent of the population in India has access to safely managed drinking water. Chemical contamination of water, mainly through fluoride and arsenic, is present in 1.96 million dwellings.

Excess fluoride in India may be affecting tens of millions of people across 19 states, while equally worryingly, excess arsenic may affect up to 15 million people in West Bengal, according to the World Health Organization.

Moreover, two-thirds of India’s 718 districts are affected by extreme water depletion, and the current lack of planning for water safety and security is a major concern. Charity: Water brought its 'clean water to all' project in 2008, in India.

As most vulnerable populations live in rural areas, the organization served more than 661,249 people in Indian rural territories, with the investment of $14,852,642 and 7,352 projects funded.

Here it's featured partners are-

- Water For People

- Jal Bhagirathi Foundation

- Splash

- Gram Vikas.

Since 2006, Charity: Water has funded 51, 438 water projects. These water projects were constructed in 28 countries worldwide, including India, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Bolivia. Due to these projects, an astounding 11 million people have access to clean water.

By providing access to clean water, Charity: Water has greatly improved thousands of communities in various ways. Access to clean water subsequently improves sanitation standards and decreases the spread of diseases, thereby saving 16,000 lives each week. Communities that lack access to clean water have reduced education levels, as collecting water is hugely time-consuming. For instance, women and children in Africa spend about 40 billion hours every year walking to find water. Therefore, easily accessible water sources provide children with more time for schooling and empower women, who are predominantly responsible for water collection, to engage in the workforce and the economy.

The United Nations believes Charity: Water could end the water crisis by 2030. They actually named it their 6th Sustainable Development Goal to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030.