Water.org is a non-profit organization co-founded by Gary White and Matt Damon that helps communities worldwide gain access to safe water and sanitation. It has a vision of providing safe water and sanitation for all. Water.org understands the global water crisis, which impacts 783 million people without access to safe water, and works to solve it by empowering communities to develop their own water projects. Current projects in countries like India, Haiti, and Ethiopia are helping to reduce waterborne illnesses and deaths from lack of access to clean water.

1. Water.org & Saving
Earth’s Water
A persuasive speech
By Graeme Clouden

2. Overview
1. Water.org and their purpose
2. Water.org and their importance
3. Water crisis
4. Crisis solution
5. Current water.org projects
6. Water sanitation
7. Being water conscience
8. Improved sanitation
9. Improved drinking water sources
10. Women and water
11. Giving back
12. Donate at water.org today

3. Water.org vision:
“Safe water and the dignity of a toilet for all, in our lifetime”
• Water.org is a non-profit organization co-founded by Gary White & Matt Damon.
• Water.org helps communities worldwide by providing safe water and sanitation.

4. Why Is Water.org Important?
They have solutions to the crisis
They understand the crisis and do something about it
Projects currently help 8 countries

5. Water Crisis By The Numbers
• 783 million: The number of people who don’t have access to safe water.
• 773 million: The number of those people who don’t live in the developed nations like ours.

6. Crisis Solution
• Water.org helps with the water
crisis by giving the people
control of their own projects.
• This aggressive step helps the
people help themselves.
• Confidence spreads
throughout the communities
and more projects take place.

7. Countries & Projects
Water.org is Incorporated
With
Projects
Workers performing preventative
maintenance on a “break” box on a
mountain top in Guantincara Honduras.
Local villager helps his community with
new pump to control Cholera and
diarrhea outbreak.
INDIA
• Population of 1.2 billion
• 103.8 million lack safe water
• 802 million have no sanitation services
• Infant mortality rate of 4.3%
• 29.8% live in poverty
HAITI
• Population of 9.9 million
• 3.59 million lack safe water
• 7.3 million have no sanitation services
• Infant mortality rate of .35%
• 80% live in poverty
ETHIOPIA
• Population of 96.6 million
• 49 million lack safe water
• 76 million have no sanitation services
• Infant mortality rate of 5.5%
• 40% live in povertyIndia, Honduras, Haiti, Ethiopia,
Bangladesh, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya

8. Water Sanitation and Child Death’s
2009: 1 every 15 seconds, 4 every
minute, 240 every hour
2014: 1 every 21 seconds, 3 every
minute, 171 every hour
Clean water saves 1,656 per day,
604,440 annually

9. Water Sanitation, cont.

10. Being Water Conscience

13. Women and Water
• They are more than mothers.
• They are more than wives
• They are heroes.
• Survey from 25 sub-
Saharan countries in Africa
from 2006 thru 2009

14. Giving Back
• Other charities help but water.org is leading the pack.
• For $25, you can give someone water for life.
• It’s that cheap!

15. Learn More
Today @
Water.org!

16. Sources
• http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/phe_Global_sanitation_2010.png
• http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/phe_Global_water_2010.png
• http://www.unicef.org/wash/index_womenandgirls.html
• http://www.charitywater.org/whywater/
• http://water.usgs.gov/edu/qa-home-percapita.html
• http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/women/
• http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/
• http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/children/