World Water Day is held every on the 22nd March to focus the world’s attention on the importance of freshwater for everyone on the planet. The British Red Cross is currently distributing water to at least 320,000 people each day in Haiti to those that are living in the aftermath of the terrible destruction caused by the huge earthquake which rocked their country.
Clean water is one of the most urgent needs for people affected by the earthquake, with The Red Cross currently distributing water to at least 320,000 people each day. Thanks to their mass sanitation unit (MSU), which can provide sanitation facilities to 20,000 people for a maximum of four months, The British Red Cross are doing all they can to provide the people effected by the earthquake with clean, healthy water. Click on the link below to check out their photos taken in Haiti
When a major disaster strikes in the world, a 4 person Red Cross team is on call and ready to respond immediately. Featuring a sanitation engineer, a public health delegate, team leader and team administrator, they can act swiftly to help those people most effected and help to provide clean water for the injured and thirsty.
World Water Day has now been running for 17 years, ever since it was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). More than one billion people lack access to clean water worldwide, with over three billion not having adequate sanitation facilities, that’s half the worlds population. Now is the time to change, and you can do that by making a small donation to The British Red Cross and help their fight to provide clean water and sanitation not just to the people of Haiti, but also the sufferers of disaster across the glob.
