In 2003, Eric Stowe began working in the international adoption field. He had no idea that his experiences there would lead him into hundreds of orphanages across a dozen countries, or that his world was going to be turned upside down by the children he saw in those places. Over the next few years, he witnessed the heart-breaking reality that many institutionalized children around the world face every day.
 
While working in orphanages in China, Eric asked a question that many international travellers ask: “How is it that global food chains – like McDonald’s – are able to serve reliably clean water in places where others cannot?”  Specifically, he wondered what it would take to assure safe drinking water for children in the orphanages that he knew so well.
 
Eric’s questioning led first to one answer, and then to another.  It also led him to ask the question in more countries – Cambodia, Nepal, Ethiopia, then more.  Eric forged a relationship with the leading manufacturer of water ultrafiltration systems – the very company that successfully filters water for McDonald’s – and engaged them in designing a water filtration system that would be optimized for charitable purposes.
 
Today a child’s right is assuring reliably safe drinking water for over 200,000 children, and that number is changing all the time.  The team seeks to conduct all work with an ethic of radical transparency, as well as an exclusive commitment to kids served by institutions, in cities, who would otherwise be unable to secure sufficient clean water alone.