Which is the most valuable:

A. a bar of goldB. a houseC. a bucket of clean waterD. a casket full of diamonds

Let’s think!Which is the only one we couldn’t live without?

Of course …..

Did you know that 2/3 of the human body is water?

You can live without food for several weeks, but you would

survive less than a week without water.

It is necessary for everything the body does

It carries our food and waste in and out of our cells

It keeps our temperature at the right level.

To stay in good health we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day (2 litres)

Most people do not drink enough water. If we don’t drink enough we can suffer from:

o Headaches o Poor concentration o Tiredness o Kidney infections o Constipation

and yet ……. One out of every five people in our world does not have access to clean water!

And every fifteen seconds another child somewhere dies from a disease carried in dirty water

Every time we flush the toilet we use ten litres of water. That is the daily supply for most people in the developing world …. If they are lucky!

And yet …. The charity WaterAid has worked out that clean water and toilet facilities could be provided for only £15 per person!

The charity knows that many women and children in developing countries spend hours each day walking miles to collect dirty water.

Carrying heavy water containers takes up valuable time and energy. It stops children from going to school, and reduces the time in which they could be making a living.

Water Aid works with local people to bring clean water to their communities using cheap methods which are cheap and easy to maintain.

But there is much to do …. and at the rate things are going more than

will be lost before everyone in the developing countries has access to clean water.

More and more people will be forced to leave their homes in search of clean water