World Water Day Participating Blogs

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  World Water Day

  http://www.worldwaterday.org/

  Unsafe drinking water kills more people per year than AIDS & cancer combined. If you blog, you can help: http://www.worldwaterday.org/

  Currently, a billion people in the world lack access to clean, safe drinking water (Charity: Water). That's one in eight of us. It could be three kids in your child's class of 24, it could be one person in your family of mom, dad, four grandparents, and two kids. It could be anyone. The facts are these: Eighty percent of disease is caused by unsafe water (Charity: Water). Unsafe water kills more people per year than AIDS and cancer combined (Hydraid). That people lack access to clean water is hard to believe in the developed world, and though unsafe water might not be sensationalist enough for the media, it kills 5,000 more children everyday (Hydraid). While parents fret about children riding their bikes too fast, they forget that in the time it takes to rub your eyes after a long day at work, the time it takes to scan a crowded bulletin board at the local coffee shop, the time it takes to walk up your driveway: 15 seconds, a child dies somewhere in the world due to unsafe water. How can you make a difference? All it takes is an investment. Not charity, investment. Invest $20 in Charity: Water and 100% of that investment will reap dividends: partially funding the building of a well so one person in the developing world will have access to clean, safe drinking water for 20 years. Invest $32 in Hydraid and that investment will reap dividends: buying one biosand filter that requires no electricity and minimal setup, to give up to 10 people access to clean, safe water for 10 or more years. Last year, 6000 high school student activists and I raised $160,000 for the Hydraid Foundation. We are 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 year olds. We may not be old enough to do many things, but nobody is too young to make a difference. You can too: http://www.worldwaterday.org/ Also, check out http://hydraid.org, http://charitywater.org, and http://tapproject.org And watch: http://bit.ly/hydraidvid :)