+ 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}
