Rumble: PlayPumps: Play for Clean Water

Access to clean drinking water is critical for human survival and is an essential ingredient for improving the lives of those living in poverty in developing countries. And yet:

• More than one billion people worldwide do not have access to clean water.
• Water-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world, taking the lives of 6,000 people a day, and are responsible for 80 percent of all sickness in the world.
• 40 billion hours are lost annually to hauling water, a chore primarily undertaken by women and girls.

All this can change: An innovative PlayPump® water system, provides easy access to clean drinking water while bringing joy to children leading to improvements in health, education, gender equality, and economic development.

The PlayPump systems are innovative, sustainable, patented water pumps powered by a children at play: Installed near schools, the PlayPump system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children. (Learn more)


PS: March 22 is World Water Day, don't forget!

Source: How to Change the World and International Aid Workers Today. Picture courtesy PlayPumps.org.