ACCESS WATER
Conference
This conference is a platform to deliver audience the various levels of impact in access to clean water. Around 800 million people on this planet today do not have access to clean water. Clean water not only means serving the need of thirst, but also improving ones life, providing education, restoring dignity and rebuilding a community.
Among the poorer nations in Africa alone, people spend 40 billion hours every year walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to the nearest source, which is unprotected and likely contaminated. Time spent walking and resulting diseases keep them from school, work and taking care of their families. Access to clean water in a community means health, income and education especially for women and children.
Objective
The target audience has an awareness of their responsibility and a sense of capability to engage help, and be a part of a major change. Whether it is purely in donation or lending their professional skills.
Benefit
Every $1 invested in improved water supply and sanitation can yield from $4 to $12 for the local economy. There are a variety of solutions which can be provided despite of communities with different water source, terrain and population.
Support Statement
There are existing projects where charities partner with local expertise who knows the source of the problem. They provide primary feedbacks from communities and governments, creating an efficient way of communicating. Charity collaborating with other charity programs to create solutions together, sharing information, skills, expertise and resources to accomplish greater obstacles. We as individuals are a part of a bigger picture for this change.
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