Charity Water

This blog is about a non-profit organization called Charity: Water. This organization is basically about making clean and safe water more available. They aim to “bring clean drinking water to every person on the planet”. So far, they have funded over 13,500 water projects in 22 countries. They aim to help developing countries who may not be able to afford to make improvements in their water conditions, because it can get expensive. It improves the community by reducing the chance of illness, providing more access to food, and helping economies grow.

Charity: Water started this because clean water is more serious than you may think. Unsafe water carries diseases that kill more people each year than any kind of violence. This is especially effects children because their bodies are more vulnerable to disease and cannot fight them as much as adults. Their website tells us that 30,000 deaths occur every week from unsafe water and the lack of good hygiene. Most of these are children. Improving the quality of water available can save many lives and also prevent a lot of sickness.

Charity Water started in 2006 and is still going strong today. They have helped over 4.5 million people and are still counting. It is a non-profit, so any profit is invested into organizations that have experience with water projects. Anyone who donates to this organization is kept up to date with where their money is going. At the end of last year, they had raised over 155 million dollars. All of this money is put towards making water safer for people all over the world.

You can help raise awareness and raise money for this organization by creating your own water project. The first step is to think of an idea. After that all you need to do is tell anyone you know and ask them to tell even more. People will donate and you just have to stick to it. You can also watch where donations are going. Some examples from the website of water projects are: eating rice and beans for dinner every night for a month, selling bow ties, running a Spartan obstacle course, and jumping into freezing cold water. The possibilities are endless, so if you’re willing you can certainly help them make a difference.