Linking Awareness to Action An Earth Day Network Project
Adopt-A-Water-Project
Bolivia
Centro Rosaspata Tuli
Chacoma Irpa Grande
India
S. 24 Parganas, West Bengal
N. 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Israel
Beit She'an
Jordan
Tabkat Fahel
Kenya
Kapsasian
Chemengawa
Kayafungo
Gotani
Mozambique
Bariela
Nicaragua
Lomas de Café
El Balsamo
Palestine
Auja
There remain over one billion people without access to an adequate water supply and 2.4 billion who lack basic sanitation, leaving millions to die every year from otherwise preventable water-related diseases. Lack of access is disproportionately borne by rural populations, women, and children. Eighty-four percent of the global population without access to an improved source of drinking water lives in rural areas. The impact on female students is likewise severe, as more than half of all girls who drop out of primary school do so because they lack separate toilets and access to clean water. Among children, the leading cause of death in the world is diarrhea, a water-borne disease that is entirely preventable with access to clean water and basic sanitation. The projects hosted on the Global Water Network are working to provide water and sanitation to all peoples, one latrine and tap stand at a time.

The Projects:
Centro Rosaspata Tuli in Bolivia
image367.jpg In the community of Centro Rosaspata Tuli, Bolivia, approximately 90% of the local population does not have latrines, and those that do
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Chacoma Irpa Grande in Bolivia
image370.jpg Bathing only once a month and washing hands only once a day is typical for this small community in Bolivia.  This community would like to
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South 24 Parganas District in West Bengal, India
image386.jpg In West Bengal India, in the South 24 Parganas District, some 80% of homes lack access to a toilet.  Women travel long distances to
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North 24 Parganas District in West Bengal, India
image391.jpg This project will help some 10,800 people get access to safer water - in addition to problems of quantity, high  salinity and toxicity make
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"Good Water Neighbors" Beit She'an in Israel
image363.jpg The community of Beit She'an is part of the “Good Water Neighbors” program, fostering cross-border relationships that are necessary to
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"Good Water Neighbors" Tabkat Fahel in Jordan
image358.jpg The community of Tabkat Fahel is part of the “Good Water Neighbors” program, fostering cross-border relationships that are
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Water Source for Kapsasian Community Dispensary in Kenya
image310.jpg Water is desperately needed for some 7,000 people who experience typhoid and dysentery.  People arrive at this rural dispensary after
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Water Source for Chemengawa Dispensary in Kenya
image381.jpg Some 4,800 people in this rural area of Kenya currently get their water from nearby rivers, and it is unsafe.  Prevention of water borne
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Water Pipeline for Kayafungo in Kenya
image396.jpg In Kayafungo, Kenya, parasites and E. Coli are the largest killers of children under 5 in the region.  Women are forced to walk over an
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Water for Gotani Health Clinic in Kenya
image401.jpg Imagine going to a hospital where there is no running water.  The only health clinic in the Gotani region of Kenya lacks running water
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Water and Health for the Students of Bariela in Mozambique
image406.jpg Everyone in Bariela must carry their water in pails on their heads from the Luala river, 3 miles away. The nearest well is almost 7 miles away.
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Lomas de Café, Sanitary Facilities and Wells, Nicaragua
image345.jpg The people of Lomas de Café lack clean drinking water and sanitary facilities. They collect their drinking and cooking water from one
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El Balsamo Water Supply and Sanitation in Nicaragua
image348.jpg The average monthly income of a family in the El Balsamo area is $65. And, people lack of a year-round supply of clean drinking water and
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"Good Water Neighbors" Auja in Palestine
image353.jpg The community of Auja is part of the “Good Water Neighbors” program, fostering cross-border relationships that are necessary to
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“One of the simplest needs in life is water. By taking on projects internationally, the Global Water Network will help provide information and funding for projects that might not otherwise get built.”
Kathleen Rogers President of Earth Day Network
“These projects will greatly improve the health of families and offer them the simple dignity of a clean private place to do the necessities of life.”
Rob Bell Executive Director,
Nicaragua, El Porvenir