The gift of clean water

But this isn’t the only problem, in Africa alone, people spend 40 billion hours every year just walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to the nearest source, which is unprotected and likely to make them sick.
Time spent walking for water and resulting diseases keeps children from school and mothers from taking care of their families.

charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. This is part of their mission statement;

“One in eight people in our world don’t have access to the most basic of human needs. Something we can’t imagine going 12 hours without.
We’d like to introduce you to a few of those billion people. They are very real, and they need our help. They didn’t choose to be born into a village where the only source of water is a polluted swamp.
We invite you to put yourself in their shoes. Follow them on their daily journey. Carry 80 pounds of water in yellow fuel cans. Dig with their children in sand for water. Line up at a well and wait 8 hours for a turn.
Now, make a decision to help. We’re not offering grand solutions and billion dollar schemes, but instead, simple things that work. Things like freshwater wells, rainwater catchments and sand filters. We know how to help millions.

Start by helping one.”

So what does the cost of your unsipped coffee provide?
$3 provides clean safe drinking water for one person in the developing world for a whole year!.