THE BIG IDEA
Poverty is more than just a lack of money — it’s a lack of access to things like a quality education, a stable job, adequate healthcare, and a better future.
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Right now, more than 700 million people also lack access to safe, clean drinking water. The ripple effect this causes IS poverty. It’s not just an inconvenience—it’s a barrier to education, jobs, and even survival. When there’s no access to clean water, women spend hours collecting it instead of working. Children miss school because they have to walk to fetch water instead. Families struggle to grow food, raise animals, and stay healthy.
Water is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty across the world.
And the good news? We can do something about it.
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.
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TAKE ACTION AGAINST
GLOBAL POVERTY RIGHT NOW!
HOW CAN YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?
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STEP 1: RAISE AWARENESS - Share this post here to your story. More shares = more awareness = more impact. Simple, right?
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Step 2: RAISE MONEY - Visit our donation page here. Every dollar raised will go toward our charitable partner, Thirst Project, to help fund a freshwater well in eSwatini, Africa! P.S. Drop the donation link in your group chats (YOU KNOW THE ONES) to make even more impact!
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It’s that easy. Ending poverty worldwide starts with access to clean water. Let’s make some ripples together.
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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
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