Here in the US, clean drinking water is completely taken for granted. Even the nastiest public restrooms have running water that 99% cleaner than the drinking water in most third world countries.
- 20% (nearly 1.1 Billion, yes billion) of the world’s population lack access to clean drinking water
- Unsafe water kills an estimated 4,500 kids EACH day
- Out of the 2.2 Million deaths related to unsafe drinking water, 90% were children under five
- Young women trek over six miles for water – at the expense of education, housekeeping, and employment
It’s said that “Man cannot survive on bread and water alone”. And I agree, but you absolutely cannot survive without it.
Get involved, conserve water and help to stop this global crisis.
not only do we take clean water for granted, we also waste it! you are right though, I might not trust anything else in a nasty publis restroom, but I always will the water.
Hey Nick
It’s pretty scary in reality that these third world countries have to deal with poisoned water and it’s unfortunate that Down under, this has been overshadowed with our own water crisis – The longest drought on record.
I think days like these are great for building awareness about these issues. We take a lot for granted in first world countries and it’s good to know people out there are working to minimise the impact of these problems.
Wish a belated Happy Birthday to your wife too!
Rob