Clear Water for Christmas campaign

Thank you to the many people who have already responded to our Clear Water for Christmas campaign. However, we are still short of reaching our goal of giving 200 water filters to families in Ghana. YOU can HELP in 2 ways:

1) Donate a water filter on behalf of a loved one and receive a stainless steel water bottle and a Ghanaian thank-you card.

and/or

2) Pass on our website (http://www.h2o-canada.ca) to the people you know that may also want to participate. You can find an official information page about Clear Water for Christmas on our web page under "Gallery".

Thanks to Katie and Michael for stepping up this past weekend and braving the cold to sell cookies at the Walnut Grove Save-On-Foods. They raised over $130 on Saturday to help purchase several more water filters for families in Ghana. Way to go Katie and Michael!

FACTS.

+ Every eight seconds, a child dies from a water-borne disease.

+ 6,000 children around the world die every day because of a lack of clean water.

+ 42,000 kids each week lose their lives due to a water related disease.

+ 75% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, and only .007% of it is available for human use.

+ A person can live weeks without food, but only days without water.

+ The average North American uses over 300 liters of water daily. The average African uses only 20 liters everyday.

+ Approximately one billion (1,000,000,000) people on Earth are without access to safe drinking water.

+ For children under the age of five, water related diseases are the leading cause of death.

+ Nearly two million (2,000,000) kids die every year from diarrhea, one of the most common diseases due to unclean water.

+ At any given time, half of the world's hospital beds are inhabited by patients who are suffering from a water related disease.

+ Every US dollar in sanitation provides and economic return of eight US dollars.

YOU can help reduce these devastating numbers. A water filter only costs $40, and it can help save a small village.

A message from H2O {Canada}

Fraser Valley Bead Show

On the weekend I was at the Fraser Valley Bead Show as a fundraiser for H2O. All of the beads were made by the Krobo tribe in Ghana, and each came with it's own story. Some were made from recycled glass, some were hand painted, some are made of brass, stone, and cow bone. You can buy them through Tribal Beads.

We had our first assembly for the Be the Change! program yesterday at Erma Stephenson. It went really well and I was happy to see positive reactions from the students.

Well, that's all for now. Back to school!

H2O on Facebook!

Check out H2O {Canada}'s new Facebook page out here!

Will I Make A Difference?

Will I make a difference? Can one person really make a difference? The funny thing is, I used to think it wasn't possible.

I think as my passion grows towards doing my part in creating a sustainable Earth, other people seem to be getting the message. I'm not sure if I'm the one who is encouraging but I am definitely modeling a "go green" mentality. Just making a few changes in my own life has, in a small way, helped me to be the change I wish to see in the world. I'd like to encourage readers to do the same.


H2O-Canada supports 'Be the Change".