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April, 2004
Why Water?Bringing Hope to Families and Communities through the
Provision of Safe Water
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Agenda
• Introduction• World Vision• Water• World Vision & Water
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Introduction
Keith D. KallExecutive Director
Foundation and CorporationDevelopment
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World Vision
• 100• 30,000• $2,000,000,000• $5.00
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World Vision Sector
• Child Sponsorship• Economic Development• HIV/AIDS• Emergency Relief• Water & Sanitation• Children in Crisis• Health• Education
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WATER
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Why Water?
• How many people, globally, do not have access to“safe water?”
• What is the average distance that women in thedeveloping world walk to fetch water?
• How many diseases in the developing world arewater-related?
• How much water does the average family in Africause a day?
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Water by the Numbers• 1.1 billion people, globally, do not have access to
“safe water.”
• Women walk on average 6km a day to fetch water inthe developing world
• Every 15 seconds, a child dies from water-relateddiseases. (total: 5000 deaths/day, 2.1m deaths/year)
• 80% of diseases in the developing world are water-related.
• The average family in Africa uses about 5 Gallons ofwater each day.
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• More than 70% of people lacking access to improvedwater survive on less than $2 dollars-a-day.
• 5.5 Billion productive work days are lost each yeardue to Water-Related Diseases
Water by the Numbers
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Why Water?
• Water is Life• Water is Health• Water is Education• Water is Poverty Reduction• Water is Freedom• Water is Peace• Water is Hope
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Prioritization of Problems v. Solutions
Climate Change Education Conflicts Governance/Corruption Communicable Diseases Water and Sanitation Malnutrition/Hunger Trade Barriers & Subsidies Financial Instability Population Migration
* Ref: Copenhagen Census
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Prioritization of Problems v. Solutions
Climate Change Education Conflicts Governance/Corruption Communicable Diseases Water and Sanitation Malnutrition/Hunger Trade Barriers & Subsidies Financial Instability Population Migration
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The Economics of Water
By providing safe water and improved sanitation, youenjoy a 9-to-1 Return on Investment, because safe water:
1. Cuts child-mortality by 50%2. Reduces disease by 88%3. Increases access to education for children4. Increases access to income opportunities for women5. Improves HIV/AIDS treatment and care6. Builds productivity and reducing poverty7. Helps women achieve fullness of life8. Energizes community development9. Removes conflict between tribes, communities and nations.
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Water & the Millennium Development Goals
Target 10: Halve by 2015 the proportion of peoplewithout sustainable access to safe drinking water.
• Target 5: Reduction of Child Mortality• Target 8: Reduction in Major Infection Diseases• Target 9: Improving Material Health• Target 11: Improving quality of life of slum populations• Target 3: Increasing school attendance of girls/empowering
women• Target 1: Reduction in Poverty
• Target 2: Reduction in Hunger
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WORLD VISION&
WATER
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West Africa Water Initiative DVD
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World Vision Water Projects
• 10,000,000+• Water Projects in:
• Ethiopia * Kenya * Sudan * Uganda * Congo * Malawi *Swaziland * Zambia * Zimbabwe * Ghana * Mali * Niger *Senegal * Sierra Leone * India * North Korea * Albania *Romania * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * El Salvador * Haiti *Honduras * Nicaragua
• Multiple Water Strategies• Borehole Wells• Water lift Systems• Rainwater-harvesting• Spring Catchments• Gravity-fed Systems
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World Vision and Water
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World Vision & Borehole Wells
• 2000+ Borehole Wells have been drilled, to date,just in West Africa alone.
• Lifespan 20yr+• In addition to drilling borehole wells, World Vision
also:• Performs water quality testing• Installs hand pump & cement apron installation• Forms water & sanitation committees• Trains volunteer pump repair technician teams
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World Vision Water Quality
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Questions