Global Clean Water

The Impact !

The Problem: The Solution:

Simply stated, the lack of clean water is the leading cause of disease, death, poverty and instability in the developing world. Preventable waterborne diseases are responsible for killing the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets full of people, every day. This translates into a loss of one human life every eight seconds and claims more lives annually than HIV/AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined. These are especially horrific statistics when you consider how easily waterborne diseases could be prevented through affordable technology, sustainable financing and good governance. For those who survive, there is little chance for a healthy and productive life.

Current solutions and financing to meet the Millennium Development Goals are inadequate. It would take new water delivery to 325,000 additional people, every day for the next 12 years, at an estimated cost of $180 billion. Investment from corporations, governments and international financing sources is primarily focused on urban water infrastructure. Consequently, the rural poor are severely neglected and forced to scramble for limited NGO and government funds. Unfortunately, the 100% gifting models by most NGOs are short-term fixes to a long-term problem. The adage, "if you want to feed someone, teach him how to fish," (don't drop a bucket on his doorstep and leave) is painfully at play. Global Clean Water intends to tackle this global health and poverty crisis by dramatically increasing the physical and economic accessibility to clean water. Its result will yield sustainable clean water systems that empower people and enable them to create better, healthier and more productive lives.

Through the construction of co-ops water systems, Global Clean Water and its partners will:

Bring clean drinking water within physical & economic reach
Save lives by dramatically reducing preventable waterborne diseases.
Spur economic, entrepreneurial and agricultural development based on the availability of clean water systems and rural irrigation
Become a financial and infrastructure guarantor by establishing Community Clean Water Projects.
Co-manage the operation & maintenance of co-ops with communities & NGO partners Establish education, sanitation & hygiene programs with NGO partners
Become the guarantor for the collection & distribution of any fees & payments Create short-term & permanent jobs associated with new clean water system Establish new markets for products/services resulting from clean water

The World Water Day: WHAT IS WORLD WATER DAY?
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) They wanted to highlight and raise awareness about the global water and sanitation crisis affecting the planet. It is a unique occasion to remind everybody that concrete efforts to provide clean drinking water and increase awareness world-wide of the problems and of the solutions, can help make the difference.

In many parts of the world, such as Europe and North America, people take it for granted to turn on a tap for safe and clean water to drink, to cook, to wash – yet, more than 1 billion of our fellow human beings have little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water. Each year, March 22 – World Water Day– marks a permanent effort to promote access to safe drinking-water and sanitation. It is a springboard for raising awareness about water, stimulating debate and focusing on the dangers that derive from inadequate access to safe water and basic sanitation.
World Water Crisis: OUR GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
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 safe drinking water 1.
In Kind Contributors: Needed “In Kind Contributors”
• Writers-Web Content,
Children Books, Press
Releasees
• Grant Writers
• Photographers
• Videographers
• Documentary Film Producer
• Speakers
• On-line Radio Producers
• Marketing
• Airlines
• Hotels
• Car & Truck rental
• Special Events
• Celebrity Golf Tournament
Organizer
• Sound & Lighting Company
• Media- CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS,
NBC, Newspapers, National
and International magazines
• Branding
• Drilling Rigs
• Well Drillers
• Hand Pump Installation
• Hydrologist

The Team We are looking for:
Director of:
• Social Networking
• Educational Curriculum
• Event Planning
• Fundraising
• Internet & Web Development
• Branding & Graphic Design
• Operations
• Development
• Water Projects
• Outreach Programs
• Community Outreach