THE BIG IDEA
Right now, over 785 million people around the world do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. This year, to celebrate World Water Day 2024, we’re teaming up with Thirst Project and challenging YOU to raise a $25 donation that will give one person access to clean water FOR LIFE!
Women, and more -often children between the ages of 8 -13, walk an average of 3.75 miles per day to collect water from contaminated and unprotected sources.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Access to clean water impacts everything!
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Health and Sanitation: Over 1,000 children under the age of five die every day due to water-related illnesses around the world.
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Food Security: Without access to a close, safe water supply, communities cannot develop sustainable agriculture production for food security.
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Children's Education: Children spend on average six to eight hours walking for water each day; time that should be spent in school.
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Economic Development: Women often can not get jobs or provide for their families because they are forced to walk an average of 3.75 miles every day to collect water.
TAKE ACTION TO END THE
WATER CRISIS RIGHT NOW!
HOW CAN YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?
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STEP 1: MAKE YOUR PLEDGE - Choose from one of the three fundraising strategies below and click the link to make your pledge, today!
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STEP 2: RAISE $25 -Between now, and World Water Day (March 22nd), put that strategy to use and raise your $25 donation.
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STEP 3: DONATE! - Submit your donation to Legacy’s Water Crisis Campaign page – HERE!
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Copy and paste the text message below and send it to 5 of your closest friends or family members. If each person donates $5, you’ll give 1 person clean water for life! (P.S. You can mix up the math and ask 10 people to donate $2.50 each!)
Hey! Right now, there are over 785 MILLION people who don’t have access to one of the most basic human rights - safe, clean water. But I’ve decided to be part of the solution. So, to celebrate World Water Day, I’m joining forces with Legacy Youth Leadership & Thirst Project to help fund a freshwater well in eSwatini, Africa. It only takes $25 to give 1 person access to safe, clean water FOR LIFE - so I’m donating $5 to the fundraising page (here) and asking 4 of my incredible friends (that’s you!) to do the same. Together, we will change someone’s life forever.
This month, replace your coffee, matcha, boba, etc. with water (in a reusable bottle, of course)! Take the money you would have spent on those drinks and donate it to give someone access to safe, clean drinking water!
Whether you’ve already got one in motion, or have been looking for a reason to get started, spend the next few weeks working for the water crisis and direct the money you make to help build a freshwater well!
Here are some ideas:
- Mow lawns or shovel snow around town.
- Create some one-of-a-kind art and sell it.
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Offer coaching, tutoring, or music lessons to kids in your neighborhood.
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Babysit or pet sit for a family friend.
ABOUT THIRST PROJECT:
Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of young people to END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water.
Why Water?
Health and Sanitation: Waterborne diseases are responsible for more easily preventable young deaths a year than HIV, Malaria, and all world violence combined. Small children typically do not have strong enough immune systems to fight diseases like cholera, dysentery, or schistosomiasis. *Data sourced from the UN
If we achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation & hygiene, we could reduce the global disease burden by 10%. Clean water also plays an incredibly critical role in effectively treating and managing HIV/AIDS in rural communities. The Kingdom of eSwatini, for example, has the single-highest-density population of HIV/AIDS in the world. For a person with HIV/AIDS, even if you have access to medical treatment or antiretroviral medication, but are still forced to drink dirty water from contaminated sources, the diseases in the water you drink will actually kill you faster than AIDS itself. *Data sourced from UN
Women and children spend on average six to eight hours each day walking to fetch water. The average distance that women and children in developing communities walk to fetch water is 3.75 miles. The time children spend collecting water keeps them from going to school and getting an education. *Data sourced from the UN
