You CAN help! Unicef is teaming up with several different restaurants across the state of New York. It turns out that over 21% of children in developing countries don't have the means to a clean water supply. In turn, you take a look at disease caused by unclean water, which calculates out to 80% of all illness and and infant mortality. These numbers are no joking matter. As Americans, we are given a gift of technology and cleanliness. Many other countries around the world, however, are not given such a blessing. Here's how the team of Unicef, and the state of New York come in to play:
With $1, Unicef is able to provide 40 liters of water that is safe to drink. This is enough to serve one child for 40 day, or 40 children for one day. At many New York diners, they are now beginning to accept a gift of $1 for a glass of water ordered with a meal. This dollar will go to Unicef to help provide these thirsty children with water.
I love this idea, and hope that more people can take a hint from this, and maybe more restaurants around the country can start doing the same. Just think that if all of your favorite restaurants did this, how much water we could provide for drinking and how many people we can help in this world.
It really doesn't take much to make a massive difference in this world.
3 comments:
I totally would not mind paying one dollar for a glass of water>
I wouldn't mind paying a dollar for a glass of water either! But the question is when will it stop? How can we make a bigger difference in these developing countries? Why cant we take some of that money and our massive man power and help them to build an effective water filtration system? I believe that will have a bigger impact on their soceity.
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