What Are The Consequences?

There are many effects of the lack of clean water, as water is the most important thing for humans. In other words, without water, we can't survive. Many people all over the world just have to take the water that they have. Some parents even know that their water is contaminated, but what choice do they have? Children are especially affected and every 19 seconds, a mother loses her child to a water-related disease. 

Sad as this sounds, there are solutions! Some of these are newer ideas, like direct piping. But some of these ideas have been around for years, like the classic well. In decreasing the distance that people go to collect water, this would save people in Africa alone, 40 billion hours. This would give young girls a chance to get an education, older girls a chance to make a living and mothers a chance to raise a family. All of this, with a little help from us.