There is an organization called A Child's Right, that gives clean water to children everywhere. The mission statement claims that, "Our mission is simple: To change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean, safe drinking water to orphanages, schools, children’s hospitals, street shelters and rescue homes." According to the website of A Child's Right, 266,453 children are drinking safe water thanks to ACR's donors.
The Child Health Site claims that every day, 4,000 children die due to diseases caused by drinking filthy water. Fortunately, A Child's Right is giving hope to children everywhere. Your $35 donation to The Child Health Site to children in Cambodia, China, Nepal, Ethiopia, or where most needed (A Child's Right decides), gives water to 8-10 children in Cambodia, 2-4 Ethiopian children, 5 children in China, or 10 children in Nepal. Please consider donating.
Personally, I knew that children aren't given the proper amount of water in the world, from watching a UNICEF "Trick-or-Treat for Halloween" video every October. However, the fact that 4,000 children die every day, just because of the lack of clean water, is baffling. How many avoidable deaths occur in a day? What about in a week? I could imagine that the amount of people that die in a year that could have been saved is much higher than what I originally thought possible. One year, the Darfur TASC Force donated water to a camp in Darfur, so I am familiar with the difficult task of receiving clean water in certain areas.
To be taken to the donation site, please click here. I found the ACR official website rather interesting, so please, if possible, take a quick look. Thank you for reading!
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