The organization I choose was Water.org. With nearly one billion people not having access to safe water, Water.org was established to confront the customary approach to assisting people in developing countries and find new ways to gain attention to the world’s number one health problem, unsafe and inadequate water supplies, and to raise funds. Through Water.org, financial resources will become available for those in need of safe water, the global water supply need will be met and developing countries will take their own lead in learning how to meet their own daily needs.
It has been more than one year since the devastating earthquake in Haiti. I have learned through this site that prior to the earthquake, half of the people in Haiti (population of 9 million with an 80% poverty level) lacked access to clean water and only one in five had access to sanitary conditions. In 2009, the annual Clinton Global Initiative Meeting was held when Water.org announced its commitment to reach 50,000 Haitians by providing clean water and sanitation through 2012. Through this project, the commonness of diseases linked to water and sanitation issues will be reduced and the main focus as well as the education of proper hygiene.
Through this site I have been informed that millions of women are banned from completing their daily chores of survival due to a lack of water. Millions of women and children in Haiti spend countless hours’ daily, collecting water from distant, often polluted sources, then return to their villages carrying the 40 pound containers on their backs. And though women are responsible for the bulk of food production in their villages, their productivity is restricted by the continual harmful supply of water.
Water is a basic right and without it there is no hygiene, no food, and no life! In many third world countries, the women are the glue that holds the community together. Therefore, I applaud the work of water.org and look forward to advocating on their behalf.
http://www.water.org/
www.clintonglobalinitiative.org
There are so many times during our day when we take clean, convienent water for granted. Until you've walked in the shoes of someone who doesn't have clean water, you can only imagine how precious water is to all of us. Whenever I visited Peru and Bolivia on missions trips, I remember having to purify our water and how much work was involved in it. I think you chose a great global organization. I look forward to learning more about it.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your write up because it is a very informative and educative piece. I came from a developing country and one thing I know the people need is a good and safe water to meet their daily needs. I know my experience the last time I went to Nigeria, I heard to buy clean bottled water every day spending more money than I should to sustain myself.
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