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The world's water crisis has many faces. A girl in Africa walks three miles before school to fetch water from a distant well. A girl in Africa walks three miles before school to fetch water from a distant well. A teenage boy in China is afflicted with terrible skin lesions because his village well is contaminated with arsenic. A teenage boy in is afflicted with terrible skin lesions because his village well is contaminated with arsenic.

There are many causes of this problem like floods, drought, pollution and climate change. Global warming is another threat. Global warming is responsible for declining rainfall in some regions, glacial melt in others, and rising sea levels. Other natural disasters occur with more sudden intensity. Other natural disasters occur with more sudden intensity. The floods that affect the Yangtze River in China every year, the hurricane that devastated New Orleans or the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people are all examples of the threats that natural events continue to pose for millions around the world. The floods that affect the Yangtze River in China every year, the hurricane that devastated New Orleans or the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people are all examples of the threats that natural events continue to pose for millions around the world.

A third of the world's population is enduring some form of water scarcity.A third of the world's population is enduring some form of water scarcity. One in every six human beings has no access to clean water within a kilometer of their homes. One in every six human beings has no access to clean water within a kilometer of their homes.Half of all people in developing countries have no access to proper sanitation. Half of all people in developing countries have no access to proper sanitation. Water is critical for life and for livelihoods. Water is critical for lifeYet billions of people suffer from disease, poverty and a lack of dignity and opportunity because they have no access to this basic resource. yet billions of people suffer from disease, poverty and a lack of dignity and opportunity because they have no access to this basic resource.