World Water Day 2014

World Water Day 2014 – Be part of the cycle of change

Water is an essential resource for survival and good health, but despite advances of the 21st century, 2.5 billion people still don’t have access to adequate sanitation and 768 million people don’t have access to safe water. And as result almost one fifth of the world’s population (approximately 1.2 billion people) reside in communities where water is physically scare, forcing them to seek water from contaminated water sources, including rivers and aquifers. Being exposed to such conditions, the water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.

Children are reunited with their books, instead of spending several hours in search of polluted water. Aside from supporting communities, Muslim Charity has expanded its operations and is now collaborating with government schools to install safe water facilities, so children retention rates are increased and students can study in a healthy environment and not be prone to waterborne illnesses.Muslim Charity has been extensively assisting the poorest and hardest-to-reach communities around the world. By supporting households with access to safe drinkable water facilities, women are given security and parents can invest their time to activities that can financially assist their households.