Imagine having to leave home at 4:30 in the morning, walk for up to 3 hours and then return in 40 degree Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) heat under an intense sun carrying water that weighs as much as a small refrigerator? Now, imagine having to do that day-after-day? What’s more, once the water is home, you’d hope that it would be clean and disease-free – but that can’t be guaranteed either.
Water, our most basic necessity, is taken for granted by so many of us; yet for some just getting access to water can be a back-breaking and often dangerous task.
In the southern-African country of Tanzania, a project by UNICEF aims to change the lives of villagers by providing ready access to clean and healthy water. We’ve decided to help this project by becoming a “Global Parent”, with a monthly ongoing donation to help this (and future) projects meet their goals.
To find out more about this initiative, together with the numerous other UNICEF projects around the world, just follow this link.
Posted by: Andy Jessop
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