Water

is…

Water is

60% of

your body.

Water is 70% of your brain.

Water is 82% of your blood.

“Water is a

human right.”

-United Nations,

July 2010

The WHO sets

50 liters per person

per day as a minimum for

drinking and hygiene.

Americans use

575 liters.

Japanese use

373 liters.

Many in West Africa

survive on

less than 5 liters.

Your home

electricity

requires

1,000 liters

a day

to generate.

Your daily food requires

2,000 liters of water

a day to produce.

Japan imports

420 million liters of

mineral water a year.

Japan’s yearly food imports need

64 trillion liters of water

to produce.

Until recently, few Japanese had

experienced water insecurity.

30 kgs=60 500ml

PET bottles

But over

1 billion

people

struggle to

get water

every day.

100 million

girls and women

walk hours a day

to fetch water for

500 million

family members.

1 in 6 people in the world

lack access to clean water.

Today there are

1.1 billion

people who

don’t have

clean water.

By 2050, there

may be

2 billion.

Half of the

world’s

hospital beds

are occupied

by people

made sick by

unclean water.

A child dies of a water-related

disease every 15 seconds.

“It is unacceptable that children die

of diarrhea in the 21st century.”

-Melinda Gates

“Of all the different things that keep people

in a death spiral of extreme poverty, water is

so huge. And it doesn't have to be.”

-Matt Damon

Six hours of sunlight

disinfects water.

Clean water

dramatically

decreases

infant

mortality

rates.

Clean water

means

healthier

children and

more

independent

mothers.

A new well

means a girl

can go to

school,

rather than

fetch water

for her family.

Clean

water

restores

human

dignity.

Credits

Portions of this presentation inspired by“Thirst” by Jeff Brenman of Apollo Ideas(www.apolloideas.com) used by permission.

Photos by Fredinand Reus: Slides 5, 6, 9, 13, 17, 18, 20. Used by permission.

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