Why Water?
1 in 4 people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water¹
829,000 people a year die from unsafe drinking water—more than any disease.² Access to clean and safe water means less diarrhoeal disease which is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old worldwide.³
When available water is filtered on-demand through in-home filtration, families benefit by increasing productivity and income while reducing expenditures for water and firewood to boil water.
Over 700 children under five die every day from diarrhoeal illness. Many children regularly miss school because they are too ill to attend, compounding levels of inequality in already disadvantaged communities.⁵
Women and children spend hours collecting and boiling water around the world. By automating water purification, time can be reallocated to shift daily goals from survive to thrive.
Access to clean water is fundamental to creating a healthier and more productive society. Every $1 you invest in water and sanitation provides a $4.30 economic return.⁶
Millions of people burn firewood daily to boil water. Use of a 25L in-home water filter once a day will reduce a families annual wood consumption by approximately 55,800kg (61.5tons).⁷
Investing in People
Clean water changes everything
1. UNWATER/UNESCO (2023) The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023
2. WHO. (2017) Diarrhoeal disease. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
3. Pickering, Amy J., and Jennifer Davis. (2012) Freshwater Availability and Water Fetching Disease Affect Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
5. UNICEF (2019) 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water. https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/1-3-people-globally-do-not-have-access-safe-drinking-water-unicef-who
6. WHO/UNICEF. (2021) Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2020: five years into the SDGs
7. FUTY Journal of the Environment. (2020) An Appraisal of Household Cooking Fuel Consumption and their Carbon related Emission in Zaria Metropolis, Nigeria
“This has changed my family’s life and health completely as my kids are no longer suffering from stomach diseases, I am no longer worried about my mother who was ordered to drink water daily and now we always have clean water in our home. Every morning that I wake up and see my family drinking clean water brings hope for a bright future for my family and this keeps a continuous smile on my face.”
“Before hand we used to go down to the river and drink right from the river. Soon after the stomach was bloated and uncomfortable. Pains in the bladder and pains in the stomach, even nausea. Now my little kids don’t have any stomach pains. So I tell them they should drink lots of water so they can feel strong.”
“I have one son. I am happy with the water filter. Now we don’t have any stomach pains nor diarrhea. Now we’re all healthy here. Now we feel more relaxed.”
“Maijuna tribe has been drinking untreated river water and contaminated water. Now, we’re drinking with these water filters. Thank you.”