CITIZENSHIP STAGE 2

HEALTH

WHAT ARE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS?

Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change.

INTRODUCTION TO---CHARITY: WATER

charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing cleanand safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

There are 663 million people on the planet who don't have clean water.That’s a huge number. In fact, it’s twice the number of people who live in the United States. 1 in 10 people in our world doesn’t have access to the most basic of human needs. They need help. They didn't choose to be born into a village where the only source of water is a polluted swamp. And we didn't choose to be born in a country where even the homeless have access to clean water and a toilet.So freshwater wells, rainwater catchments and sand filters are simple ways to help.

IMPACTS OF LACKING WATER Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms

of violence, including war. 43% of those deaths are children under five years old. Access to

clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.2

In Africa alone, women spend 40 billion hours a year walking for water.3 4

Access to clean water gives communities more time to grow food, earn an income, and go to school -- all of which fight poverty.

Clean water helps keep kids in school, especially girls. Less time collecting water means more time in class. Clean water and

proper toilets at school means teenage girls don’t have to stay home for a week out of every month.

Women are responsible for 72% of the water collected in Sub-Saharan Africa.5

When a community gets water, women and girls get their lives back. They start businesses, improve their homes, and take charge of their own future.

HISTORY OF CHARITY WATER

Founder Scott Harrison was a New York City club promoter for ten years. From 2004, Harrison committed two years of his life to the poor and marginalized through volunteer service in Liberia with Mercy Ships. He traced problems surrounding education, safety, and health back to a lack of clean water and basic sanitation systems. Harrison began to tap his network in an attempt to get as many people as possible to support his cause.

IMPACTS OF THE VENTURE

Charity: water uses technology to help these people to have clean water Drilled Wells A drilling team drills deep into the earth to reach fresh aquifers. Hand-dug Wells Skilled labourers dig up to 15 meters by hand to reach aquifers below. Spring Protections A system captures and safely stores pure water from a natural spring. Rain Catchments Gutters on rooftops direct the flow of rainfall into a sanitary holding tank. Bio-sand Filters Layers of sand and micro bacterial film inside remove contaminants. Rehabilitations A team repairs broken projects to restore clean water to a community.

IMPACTS OF THE VENTURE

People benefitted from Charity: Water Pakistan: 48000 people

Kenya: 117,239 people

Uganda: 183,684 people

India: 370,319 people

Nepal: 226,976 people

CREDITS http://www.charitywater.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Harrison_(charity_found

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity:_Water

By Hung Xing, Wei Jian, Jia Jie, Yi Ann