Thirst Relief Blog
India’s Water Crisis: How Borewells Helped a Village
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...
Clean Water Brought Him Life and Hope
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...
Fighting COVID-19 Without Access to Clean Water
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...
Clean Water Saves Lives
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...
Imagine Life Without 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...
Wash Your Hands to Stay Healthy
As the global spread of lockdowns continues, healthcare professionals reiterate the importance of handwashing. News broadcasts and the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) and even YouTube have tutorials instructing us on the proper way to wash our hands to prevent the...