Thursday, March 20, 2014

Caring Causes: World Water Day

March 22 marks World Water Day—a day for us to raise our voices, cameras, pens and pennies on behalf of the 768 million people around the world that live without safe water to drink. or most of us, spending hours each day walking to collect water from dirty or contaminated water sources is pretty hard to fathom. We can hardly imagine what it would be like worrying that our loved ones are drinking water that might make them sick or worse, or what it would be like to experience utter joy the very first time that safe water were available in our home town.
For most of us, the fact that 1 in 10 people worldwide do not have access to water that is safe to drink, wash or cook with is just short of unimaginable. 


  • 768 million people in the world today do not have access to safe drinking water — roughly 1 in 10 of the world’s population.
  • 1 in 3 people worldwide do not have access to a safe, private toilet.
  • Around 2,000 children die every day from water related diseases.
  • Women in developing countries typically walk an average distance of 4 miles
    each day on her trek for water. A typical jerry can of water weighs 40 pounds.
  • According to the world bank: $220 billion would be added to the global economy each year if we were to provide toilets and sanitation to everyone currently with-
    out it.
  • Just $25 can help one person access a lasting supply of safe water, improved
    hygiene and sanitation.
  • Having safe water and gender-segregated toilets in school keeps girls from dropping out once they begin menstruating. 

Friday, March 21 at 1 PM EST @socialgoodmoms will host a Twitter chat with WaterAid America. Please join the discussion and chime in to support WaterAid and the countless people in Nicaragua who do not have access to clean water every day. You can simply join the chat by using the #WaterAidNica hashtag.

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