By: Seo5 Consulting
Submitted: 2011-02-17 04:22:31 | Word Count: 631
While many people around the world are taking as many showers as they want and consuming more water than they need, there are charities such as WaterCan who are promoting clean water projects to help those in the poorest regions of Africa gain access to clean water and basic sanitation.
Michael Lubbock, the founder of WaterCan, was dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and disease and increasing opportunities for health, education, gender equality, and economic growth. His experiences living in Peru during the mid 1960s opened his eyes to the reality of poverty and poor health within the rural areas. Upon learning of this situation, he made every effort to gain answers to his questions about the state of international aid and development throughout the world including Canada's role in it. In 1987, a small office was established for WaterCan and Michael Lubbock laid the roots of a charity that today has grown to help well over a million people.
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WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping the world's poorest people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education. Since 1987, WaterCan has reached over 1.2 million children, women, and men in the poorest regions with their programs. Clean Water Projects for Africa continue to be implemented with the aim of combating global poverty.
One of WaterCan's Clean Water Project Streams is called Clean Water for Schools. It addresses the horrifying water and sanitation conditions in the east African primary schools in an effort to generate healthy and safe learning environments.
In an attempt to reduce poverty, many governments have adopted free universal primary education and even though it has a positive effect on poverty reduction, the consequential lack of teachers and schools has drawn attention away from the importance of providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to students at schools.
Hundreds of thousands of children are currently suffering from water and sanitation related diseases such as skin and eye infections, diarrhoeal diseases, and intestinal parasites which contribute to malnutrition and slow down physical and mental development. Sadly, even though many of these diseases are preventable and treatable, diarrhoeal diseases continue to be the second leading cause of death in children under the age of five.
Another Clean Water Project for Africa from WaterCan is called Clean Water for All. This program develops projects that are intended to help fight global poverty by working with poor urban and rural communities in search of water and sanitation solutions that work best for them.
Knowing that in Sub-Saharan Africa only a mere 58% of the population has access to an improved water supply and only 36% have access to sanitation, WaterCan is doing their part to make a difference. When women and young girls are required to walk an average of six kilometers to fetch water from rivers, streams or unprotected springs that are often unsafe for consumption, there needs to be a change. Fortunately, local governments have recognized and welcomed the involvement of WaterCan to extend water supply and sanitation services to underserved communities in rural areas and urban slums.
WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity that has recognized the struggles existing within Africa. By establishing Clean Water Projects for Africa, those who are in dire need will gain easier access to clean water and basic sanitation, and get closer to breaking the cycle of poverty to secure a brighter future. For more information about WaterCan's Clean Water Project for Africa or to help in making a difference, visit watercan.
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WaterCan is a Canadian charity that recognizes the impact access to clean water in Africa has on the community, and is working to make this very important basic necessity available to all. For more information please visit www.watercan.com.
