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Working together with the Lions Club of London Kingsbury, Water Aid aims to provide access to safe water and sanitation for the world's poorest communities. Children in these communities often walk miles each day to fetch water for basic needs like drinking, cooking, and washing. Donating funds to Water Aid can help change lives by supporting projects like building boreholes and latrines, giving communities free-flowing water and sanitation facilities. Clean water is essential but one in eight people globally currently lack access, so regular donations as small as £2 per month can help millions of lives.
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- Water is essential for life, our economies, and the environment. Nearly all living things rely on water to survive.
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- World Water Day, held annually on March 22nd, raises awareness of the importance of freshwater resources and advocating for sustainable management. Each year it focuses on a different theme related to water.
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Clean water and sanitation saves lives in Zambia where life expectancy is low and child mortality is high due to water-borne diseases. Village Water carries out projects to provide clean water and sanitation education in rural Zambian communities, helping over 75,000 people since 2004. Their work trains communities to construct toilets and handwashing facilities, maintain pumps, and adopt hygienic practices. Access to clean water reduces disease, enables education and economic development, and improves lives.
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Tanzania water access
Lack of access to safe water is the world's largest cause of illness. In Tanzania, only 4% of the population has water piped to their homes, so most must collect water from unsafe, open sources like rivers and lakes. This task usually falls to women and children, which can prevent school or work. Open water sources are contaminated by animal and human waste, putting people at risk of waterborne diseases like malaria. Protected sources like boreholes and rainwater tanks are safer alternatives. A UNICEF project improved access for 65,000 Tanzanians by installing safe water sources and hygiene facilities in schools and health centers.
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Action against hunger (acf international)
Action Against Hunger is a social entrepreneur that was established by Alfred Kastler to provide lifesaving assistance and restore self-sufficiency to millions of malnourished people in over 40 countries. It aims to fight malnutrition and provide access to safe water and sustainable hunger solutions. The organization tackles water scarcity and inadequate sanitation through water and sanitation services, while also using food security programs to prevent future outbreaks of malnutrition.
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WaterAid supporters lobbied UK politicians throughout the year to commit more funding to increasing access to water and sanitation globally. Over 40 MPs participated in a "Walk for Water" event on World Water Day in March. An Early Day Motion in Parliament urged the government to increase its targets. Over 24,000 people signed a petition delivered by 11-year old Myron Wenden-Hadley to the Secretary of State for International Development in July, asking the UK to commit to lifting 100 million people out of water and sanitation poverty by 2015.
Towards accessing clean drinking water
Over 750 million people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water, including 358 million Africans. In Kenya specifically, 17.3 million people, or 37.7% of the population, lack clean drinking water according to the Ministry of Health. Providing universal access to clean water was a goal of the UN's Millennium Development Goals by 2015, but this target was not met due to challenges of contamination during transport and storage as well as low sanitation levels. Private organizations like P&G have partnered with governments and NGOs to increase access, such as donating water purification sachets in Nairobi slums, but more efforts are still needed from all sectors to combat this crisis that claims
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- 1. Working together with Help us to help those less fortunate then ourselves Lions Club of London Kingsbury
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- 3. Happiness is, free-flowing water from boreholes, and not having to walk miles to fetch it Insert picture, chart or graph above. Write caption here.
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