April, 2004

Why Water?Bringing Hope to Families and Communities through the

Provision of Safe Water

April, 2004

Agenda

• Introduction• World Vision• Water• World Vision & Water

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Introduction

Keith D. KallExecutive Director

Foundation and CorporationDevelopment

kkall@worldvision.org

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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?

April, 2004

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

April, 2004

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.

April, 2004

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

April, 2004

WORLD VISION&

WATER

April, 2004

West Africa Water Initiative DVD

April, 2004

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

April, 2004

World Vision Water Quality

April, 2004

Questions