Thursday, October 23, 2008

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}

3 comments:

GLOBAL THINKING said...

Erma Stephenson Elementary has raised over $1500 for water filters in Ghana throught their "Change for Change" fundraiser. Way to go, Erma students!
Congratulations for "being the change you wish to see in this world"!

GLOBAL THINKING said...

Saw you at the Trinity Western Christmas Craft Fair!! Liked your water bottles!

Francis said...

Hi mrs warnock and mr warnock remember me francis? i hope so we all miss u guys and we hope youll be returning soon.

I hope ur okay