Addressing the World Water Crisis
According to the United Nations almost two billion people across the world lack access to safe drinking water in their homes. The compromised and limited water systems that these individuals do have access to are frequently contaminated and contain waterborne diseases, including cholera. These illnesses typically affect children the most, leaving the most vulnerable at the highest risk; one child dies every two minutes because of a waterborne disease.
In a world of scarcity and hardship, clean water changes everything
Countries, communities, families and people across the world live with poverty and the water crisis every day, but you can be a part of their solution. When we focus on water and enabling communities to access clean, safe drinking water, health, education, sanitation, and economic stability all improve.
Water for Life Charity’s mission is to help women, children and families live healthy, productive lives by providing sustainable access to clean water through efficient and reliable solutions.
Water Filters: Clean water where it’s needed most
Water for Life Charity uses simple yet far-reaching solutions to solve the world water crisis. Filters quickly start the solution where it is needed most. Water for Life Charity uses VF100 water filters that are small, portable, easy to use, low maintenance, and cost-efficient. Filters allow for quick responses to small commmunities that are often overlooked by larger organizations and infrastructure.
VF100 water filters are .1 micron absolute filters that:
- Remove 99.9999% of bacteria, protozoa and cysts from water
- Supply 5-7 gallons of clean, safe water every hour
- Require simple maintenance without chemicals or construction
- Last 3-5+ years of lifesaving water when properly maintained.
One $50 donation covers the cost of one filter and its shipping to provide an entire family with access to safe drinking water. With one filter, roughly 100 gallons of potable, safe drinking water is produced every day. With each system lasting for three to five years, one filter is capable of producing thousands of gallons of clean water with minimal maintenance.
Drilling Wells: Meeting larger community needs
While water filters are ideal for serving smaller rural communities and providing relief in disaster situations, wells and larger infrastructure are ideal for creating long-term, sustainable solutions in larger communities.
Wells provide a continuous, dependable clean water source. Two hundred million hours every year are spent by women and children collecting water. By drilling wells, these women and children can have to time to go to school and care and provide for their families. Wells improve health, educational and economic outcomes, and community welfare as a whole.
Water Storage Tanks
Water storage tanks are essential for families and communities where water is not consistently available, whether that be in Tanzanian deserts or Fijian islands with water sources that are easily containable during storms.
Over 733 million people worldwide live in countries with high and critical levels of water stress. Water tanks ensure access to water, regardless of the season.
Water for Life Charity connects VF100 water filters to water storage tanks to make the available water safe to drink. Storage tanks also provide communities with clean water for healthy hygiene and sanitation.
Training and Education
No water solution is complete without training and education. When Water for Life Charity distributes water filters or installs a well or water storage tank, volunteers train community members on proper use and maintenance. This—as well as water hygiene and sanitation education—empowers community members to care for their filter or well and creates a culture of sustainable water solutions.
Impact and Benefits
The immediate benefit of VF100 water filters and wells in a community is a decrease in waterborne diseases and resulting deaths. But the impact of clean, safe water impacts every aspect of individuals’ lives.
When communities have access to safe drinking water, health improves, educational and economic opportunities increase—particularly for women and children— and communities as a whole become more stable. You can make these possibilities a reality when you donate and help providing sustainable water solutions to families in developing countries.
Get Involved
Start sharing clean water today. Here’s how you can get involved:
- Donate to Water for Life Charity to support clean water projects
- Volunteer and start a fundraiser or join a water project to distribute water filters
- Spread awareness about the world water crisis
- Become a partner with Water for Life Charity to maximize sustainable impacts.
Give today to help solve the water crisis, one filter and well at a time.
