by David Bielby | Apr 16, 2020 | Clean Water
India is the second-most populous country in the world, with more than a billion people. The World Bank estimates that 21 percent of communicable diseases in India are linked to unsafe water and the lack of hygiene practices. More than 500 children under the age of...
by David Bielby | Apr 16, 2020 | Clean Water
Fred Njuya’s story begins in a remote village in rural Uganda, where his mother left him in the care of his grandparents at the age of five months. He lived in extreme poverty in a small, grass-thatched house with his blind grandmother and alcoholic grandfather that...
by David Bielby | Apr 8, 2020 | Sanitation & Hygiene
The need for good hygiene like handwashing is key to protecting against COVID-19. The provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygienic conditions is essential to protecting health during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, in some parts of the world, people struggle to...
by David Bielby | Apr 3, 2020 | Clean Water
The anguished cries of mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles can be heard every minute of every day when their young child dies from diseases and conditions caused by unclean water. Hearts are shattered every 21 seconds when a child dies from...
by David Bielby | Apr 3, 2020 | Clean Water
Most Americans can’t imagine a life without a long hot shower in the morning, plenty of clean water to brush their teeth in the morning, a flushing toilet, and the water they use to prepare their morning coffee. If a water main breaks and we have to go even a few...
