The global water crisis is one of the largest public health issues of our time. Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack access to safe drinking water 1. The lack of clean, safe drinking water is estimated to kill almost 4,500 children per day 2. In fact, out of the 2.2 million unsafe drinking water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under the age of five 3. Water is essential to the treatment of diseases, something especially critical for children.

This problem isn’t confined to a particular region of the world. A third of the Earth’s population lives in “water stressed” countries and that number is expected to rise dramatically over the next two decades 4. The crisis is worst in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The global water crisis is created by a confluence of factors including climate and geography, lack of water systems and infrastructure, and inadequate sanitation, something that 2.6 billion people (40% of the world’s population) lack access to 5. Some of these countries have additional problems, including high levels of arsenic and fluoride in drinking water 6.
Many women and young girls in rural areas in Sub-Saharan African and other parts of the world must trek as much as six miles everyday to retrieve water for their families 7. Due to this manual labor, such women and children are prevented from pursuing an education, maintaining their households or earning additional income 8.

Thus, the lack of clean water, coupled with the lack of basic sanitation and a dearth of hygiene education, is one of the largest obstacles to progress and development in these regions and across the world. The UN has prioritized water access among its Millennium Development Goals because it contributes to such widespread suffering, including increased poverty, high child mortality rates, depressed education levels, and political instability. Without question, the global water crisis condemns billions of people to a perpetual struggle to survive at the subsistence level,9 thus inspiring millions to engage and alleviate this problem. Please visit or website or group page on facebook then tweet ALL your friends.

I believe that we together can make a difference. By joining together to create an organization that will have integrity to fulfill on each and everyones promises that they make through their contribution. This is not about money. It is not how much money one can raise or how much money one person can give monetarily. This organization will run on the professionalism and the promises of each individual of what one can deliver as a contribution of services. I invite you to be a part of Global Clean Water's Team. Please review the list of professional services that we are looking for.