Water ... worth more than gold and more crucial for survival above all other resources on earth. And yet, over one billion men, women, and children do not have enough safe water to drink and therefore will never live a healthy life. Water ... can feed the hungry Without water, crops and livestock wither and die. People go hungry and become weak. Weakness allows disease to run its course and finally take its toll. At this moment, many communities throughout the world are suffering needlessly because water is either scarce or polluted or may not exist at all. A sad irony is that often there is lifesaving water just 100 feet away! Directly underground so near, yet too far for people lacking the tools and knowledge to reach it. But with technologies ranging from simple and inexpensive to state of the art, Global Water is helping poor communities in developing countries find new supplies of clean, life sustaining water. And when clean, fresh water begins to flow in a community, a whole new life begins... moreWater ... worth more than gold and more crucial for survival above all other resources on earth. And yet, over one billion men, women, and children do not have enough safe water to drink and therefore will never live a healthy life. Water ... can feed the hungry Without water, crops and livestock wither and die. People go hungry and become weak. Weakness allows disease to run its course and finally take its toll. At this moment, many communities throughout the world are suffering needlessly because water is either scarce or polluted or may not exist at all. A sad irony is that often there is lifesaving water just 100 feet away! Directly underground so near, yet too far for people lacking the tools and knowledge to reach it. But with technologies ranging from simple and inexpensive to state of the art, Global Water is helping poor communities in developing countries find new supplies of clean, life sustaining water. And when clean, fresh water begins to flow in a community, a whole new life begins free from the threat of food shortages and the myriad of health related problems associated with hunger. That's the power of water. Simply put Global Water helps people help Themselves Water ... can prevent disease Daily, tens of thousands of men, women, and children die from diseases directly related to drinking polluted water. Even if there is enough food to eat, families may still be slowly dying from another form of hunger called“invisible hunger" and it comes from drinking unsafe water. Waterborne parasites, received from drinking contaminated water, multiply continuously in already weakened bodies robbing their hosts of the nourishment and energy they need to grow and develop normally. As much as 80% of fatal childhood diseases that kill children and destroy families worldwide are caused not by shortages of food and medicine but by drinking contaminated water. When you think of fighting hunger, you may think only of emergency relief efforts bringing shipments of food. When you think of healing disease, you may think only of doctors, nurses and medicine. But you can actually stop hunger, heal disease and save many thousands of precious lives with the simple gift of water. And long after a humanitarian relief effort has ended and temporary medical teams have gone the gift of water continues to heal. It's the solution that lasts a lifetime Water ... can overcome poverty Water is the lifeblood of a community. When water is unsafe to drink, the entire community suffers. Sick children lack the energy to go to school and learn. Weak young men lack the drive to work hard and so poverty continues. In rural communities, it is women and children who are responsible for locating and transporting water. Fulfilling this daily responsibility often leaves little or no time for women to pursue developmental opportunities and for the young to get an education, and so poverty continues. Nothing changes a community like providing a source of clean water for the first time. It creates a complete transformation. It has the power to actually stop the cycle of poverty. The entire community becomes healthier. For the first time, children become eager to learn while young men and women are able to work harder to produce an income and more food. Everyone can envision better futures and begin working towards them. Giving clean water to a poverty stricken community is like giving a blood transfusion to a dying man. Water means new potential, new hope for a better tomorrow and a new life. Together we can change the world one village at a time There is no question that Water is absolutely the best way to impact rural villagers in the developing world in a positive way. However, water projects have been notoriously underserved by all measures of international aid. And yet when one creates a set of priorities for helping people in need, safe water is always at the top of the list. Basically, without safe water all other forms of help pale in significance. The bottom line is that the rural poor living in developing countries desperately need safe water and sanitation facility projects and a voice in the international aid community. Global Water will continue to fund water and sanitation projects specifically to benefit the rural poor and we continue to help give them that voice every chance we get.

You should join Global Water to help bring the most fundamental resource for human survival - water. Your efforts will have the most profound effect on many people's lives by providing clean water, thereby reducing hunger, disease and poverty for an entire village or school. It feels good to become part of the solution and to change people's lives in the most positive way possible.