Every day, 4,200 children die as a result of drinking unsafe water. Every 21 seconds a child perishes from waterborne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, and dysentery. Six million people are blind as a result of contaminated water and bacteria. Please help bring safe, clean water to thousands across Africa. Your gift can save the lives of children and families throughout entire communities.
To give water is to give life. Clean water can cut a community’s child mortality rate in half. It means food for families whose crops are failing due to drought. It saves livestock. It gives parents a powerful way to improve the health, hygiene, and well-being of their children, and enable them to reach their God-given potential. Please give to African communities thirsting for help.
Your generosity will help World Vision dig wells to bring safe, clean water to thousands. It will provide purification equipment to treat water contaminated by bacteria, pesticides, animal waste, and waterborne disease-carriers. It will supply water storage containers to save fresh rainwater for later use. It will transform arid land into fertile fields. And, most importantly, it will improve children’s health with sanitation systems that keep water sources clean.
Did you know that each of us in American uses about 80 gallons of water daily? That’s enough to sustain 16 African families for a day. While we go into the kitchen for a quick drink, a mother in Zimbabwe travels miles in search of water to save her baby. Americans are blessed with easy access to clean water. Share that blessing with children who are fighting to survive.
No other gift produces a more dramatic effect on life than clean water and sanitation. It is fundamental to all aspects of development. You can help wash away suffering by providing access to one of life’s most precious resources. Give now — for these children, every minute counts.
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