CLEAN WATER

CLEAN WATER

Facts about Water
  • Nearly 1.1 billion people do not have safe water to drink.
  • A child dies every 15 seconds from a lack of clean water.
  • 2.3 million children who die before age 5 worldwide, die of a water related disease due to the consumption of unclean water.
  • 2.6 billion people which is more than 40% of the world's population does not have access to toilets.
  • The WHO reports over 3.6% of the global disease burden can be prevented simply by improving water supply/sanitation and hygiene.
  • Women and children (mainly girls) bear the burden of fetching water daily. This restricts girls from attending schools and requires mothers to leave their small children unattended.
  • Water in rivers and lakes in remote areas are used for drinking, cleaning, washing and defecation by animals and humans.
Our Work
  • Provide safe drinking water for more than 170,000 people daily. We have requests daily for assistance.
  • Utilize water harvesting techniques that provide the most promising alternative for supplying water where fresh and clean water is scarce or unavailable.
  • Drill clean water wells with hand pumps to protect from contamination.
  • Provide solar toilets when full sanitation systems cannot be implemented.
  • Eradicate water borne diseases by drilling safe/clean water wells and by providing proper sanitation and hygiene training.
  • Install waterless/solar toilets with shelter for improved health conditions and to restore dignity for all.
You Can Change A Life
  • Access to clean water is 100 - 700 feet below the surface.
  • Donate to or sponsor a hand pumped clean water well
  • Dig a Well for a community today.
  • Provide a community with natures most important resource today. Your organization/company/family name will be placed on the well. A video of the ribbon cutting and photos will be sent to you to share with your network of friends.
Make a Donation
  • Partner with friends, churches, civic organizations and places of employment to dig a well.
  • Become a monthly partner and assist us in providing fresh drinking water wells and sanitation systems in remote villages in Africa.
  • 100% of all gifts impact lives.
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About Us
Established in 2004, The Joseph Assignment Global Initiative is a global humanitarian organization 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation and an international NGO committed to responding to the basic needs of people living in poverty around the world. We are committed to responding to the needs of the world's poorest children and families by addressing their basic human needs.
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