Despite the threat of an imminent hosepipe ban, we don’t know how lucky we are to have clean running water day in day out. We do not die of water-borne diseases very often in the West. Every day more than 4,000 children in the developing world die from water-borne diseases. That’s more children dying of dirty water than of malaria, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined.
These children are dying from diseases that could be prevented…should be prevented.
What can be done? On March 22nd – World Water Day – the world has the chance to stop and remember the children and families who are still dying because of dirty water. They also have the chance to do something about this tragedy.
On that day, the Turn on the Tap campaign (an initiative of the relief and development charity Samaritan’s Purse) is aiming to raise £22,000 to help thousands of children and families access clean water and escape the trap of water poverty.
The solutions are not complex: a water filter installed in a home, a new well sealed with a water pump,
a latrine block for the community.
Just £8 can save the life of a child by providing them with access to clean water through a water filter installed in the family home. To give a gift of clean water or find out what else you can do on World Water Day, go to :-
Do something great this World Water Day – give the gift of clean water to someone who needs it most.
