Millennium Child Support Group

We cannot ignore the crisis of water scarcity throughout the world. You can help us bring clean water to Africa

Every day, hundreds of children die of water borne diseases. In a world with so much wealth and technology within our grasp, we can't accept that. We all must act.

· Nearly 1 billion people don't have safe water to drink.

· Nearly 80% of illnesses in developing countries are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions.

· More than 1 in 6 people in the world don't have access to safe drinking water.

· Clean water doesn't just save lives, it changes them... forever.

· A child dies every 15 seconds from a lack of clean water.

· 1 in 4 children who die before age 5 worldwide, die of water related- disease.

· Children often walk miles every day to collect dirty water to drink.

· Contaminated water accounts for 80% of all diseases and claims the lives of 5 million children a year

· Contaminated water is responsible for diseases such as cholera, typhoid, malaria, schistosomiasis, hepatitis, diarrhea and intestinal worms.

· 25,000 people die every day from diseases related to water.

· At any time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from water-borne diseases

· But, for only $10, you can fix that for one person... for ten years!

· Clean water doesn't just save lives, it changes them... forever.