The Need for Water.
Water. 70% of our planet is covered with it. 70% of our body weight is water as well. It is part of our daily life. We shower, we drink, we clean, and we flush. In fact it’s kind of hard to imagine life without it. Think about it…
Water accessibility is taken for granted in most societies in the developed world. Imagine if – just to get a cup of water – you had to walk for 25 minutes; or better yet, if, to have enough water for cooking, laundry and bathing, you had to carry a bucket of water for 25 minutes. Wouldn’t that drastically change your life?
It might seem hard to believe, but this the daily reality for women and girls in the developing world. In Kuria, Kenya women and girls spend an average of over 20 hours each week collecting water for their families; the average trip to a water source is about 25 minutes on foot, and most women take 3-5 trips per day - and more during drought. The daily time commitment to fetch water keeps African girls out of school and women from income-generating work – robbing them of opportunities and choices that you and I take for granted; but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Will you stand in solidarity with Nuru and recognize that a lack of access to safe water is an injustice of extreme poverty – and one that we together can do something about? On behalf of the women and girls in the developing world, Nuru asks you to “take a walk in her shoes” – by carrying her bucket of water on your head. This experience is called “Be Hope To Her” (BH2O+) and will forever change the way you think about our universal need for water. And together, we will become a strong voice of advocacy, support and hope for the millions of people who daily endure a long walk to gain access to ANY water. You see, we believe that we can end extreme poverty, together, one community at a time.
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