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Clean water for kids
WHY? » A contemporary urban secret threatens the health, development and education of children and youth globally, and nowhere more than in Asia and Africa. It is now possible to clean up bad water and make it safe for drinking.
HOW COULD WE NOT STEP IN TO HELP?
HOW COULD WE NOT STEP IN TO HELP?
KIDS
In places where children drink unsafe water, their health is poor, attendance in school is diminished, and opportunities are limited. The effects of unclean water for kids will last a lifetime.
For those adults who can afford to buy it in bottles, clean water can be found. But for children – especially those living in poor conditions – it isn’t so easy.
There are children drinking unsafe water, and in places you wouldn’t expect: cities, schools, orphanages – even medical facilities. Unclean water is dangerous enough for adults, but for children it will fundamentally alter their development. In this day and age, no child should have to suffer in this way.
For those adults who can afford to buy it in bottles, clean water can be found. But for children – especially those living in poor conditions – it isn’t so easy.
There are children drinking unsafe water, and in places you wouldn’t expect: cities, schools, orphanages – even medical facilities. Unclean water is dangerous enough for adults, but for children it will fundamentally alter their development. In this day and age, no child should have to suffer in this way.
URBAN
People who travel internationally know: Never assume that available water is safe for drinking. Reliably clean water is a premium commodity. No modern traveler plans their trip without considering how they will secure clean water along the way.
For example: Urban tourists to Kathmandu, Nepal purchase bottled water to drink. But what do the pupils in Kathmandu drink each day in their public schools? They drink the very water that tourists avoid.
a child's right seeks out partners – local organizations serving children – who are operating without clean water. (You would be surprised at how many there are!) By providing the technology and training needed to assure safe water, we know that we can help.
For example: Urban tourists to Kathmandu, Nepal purchase bottled water to drink. But what do the pupils in Kathmandu drink each day in their public schools? They drink the very water that tourists avoid.
a child's right seeks out partners – local organizations serving children – who are operating without clean water. (You would be surprised at how many there are!) By providing the technology and training needed to assure safe water, we know that we can help.
WATER
What child can find clean, safe water if the adults around her cannot do so themselves?
Picture an institution designed to help children – like a clinic, rescue home, feeding center, or orphanage. Now imagine it operating exclusively with dirty water – in food preparation, for drinking, and hand washing. This is where we focus. Based upon an invitation to do so, we partner with such institutions to clean up their water at point of use.
Water can be dirty in lots of ways: some seen, some unseen. There is water that you can look through clearly, yet would make you very sick. Remember this: ‘clear’ does not equal ‘clean.’
a child's right was created because we believe that every child has a right to clean water.
Picture an institution designed to help children – like a clinic, rescue home, feeding center, or orphanage. Now imagine it operating exclusively with dirty water – in food preparation, for drinking, and hand washing. This is where we focus. Based upon an invitation to do so, we partner with such institutions to clean up their water at point of use.
Water can be dirty in lots of ways: some seen, some unseen. There is water that you can look through clearly, yet would make you very sick. Remember this: ‘clear’ does not equal ‘clean.’
a child's right was created because we believe that every child has a right to clean water.
