Nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and contaminated water can cause diseases that kill millions each year. This water crisis affects women and children in particular, who often must walk miles each day to reach polluted water sources. The goal of the Water Awareness Project is to raise awareness of this global issue and provide information on how to help through donations of time or money to organizations working to supply communities with safe drinking water.

1. Clean Water Crisis:WIU Water Awareness ProjectBy: Group 1

2. The ProblemThere are nearly 1 billion people on the planet that lack access to clean drinking water. Nearly one in eight people currently face this problem.On our planet less than 1% of the water is freshwater.Contaminated water can have microorganismsBacteria, Protozoan, VirusesThese microorganisms can make someone very sick, even cause death.This poor sanitation leads to nearly 3.575 million people deaths each year from water related diseases.

3. Who Does it Affect? Millions of women and children have to walk miles to reach a source of water, and often these sources are polluted. This polluted water can lead to disease in men, women, and children all throughout villages across the globe.

4. Our purposeTo raise awareness that millions of people around the world have no drinking water.Help those who are in need of safe water.Provide information to those who aren’t aware of the crisis going on everyday.

5. How we helped We set up an account on social media sites to help alert others about our cause. We also started our own campaign on my charity:water to help raise money and awareness for providing clean water.It was our goal to initiate interest and action in this movement.

6. What YOU can do to helpDonate your time or money to help the cause. It only takes a few dollars to give a family the help that they need.Commit your time to letting others know about this crisis.Find and support charities fighting the battle against dirty water.

7. Resources To Use Our Page: www.facebook.com/WIUWaterAwarenessKeep updated on the fight and get information on how to donate.Other resources:www.water.orgwww.charitywater.orgwww.globalwater.org

8. Information All information used is courtesy of www.water.org