Circle K International

The Kiwanis Family and UNICEF have partnered for over a decade to save children's lives. Now, CKI and UNICEF join together to help provide the most basic element to life: clean water and sanitation, through the Six Cents Initiative.

New! In 2008 we are pleased to launch Six Cents Online, which is a new online fundraising program where your friends and family can contribute to your fundraising efforts online. Click here to learn more.

Clean Water Saves Lives

Worldwide, nearly 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and two in five people are without basic sanitation. For us, that's hard to imagine since nearly everything we use, everything we buy or eat, has utilized clean and controlled water by the gallon. But in the majority of countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, lack of water has created in some countries a state of emergency.

Twenty percent of the global population is subject to the increased poverty, high child mortality rates, depressed education levels and political instability that often come along with water crisis. Out of the 2.2 million unsafe drinking water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under the age of five, and a lack of clean, safe drinking water is estimated to kill an outrageous 4,500 children per day.

The Six Cents Initiative

Through a new partnership, CKI members will raise funds for the Six Cents Initiative. By raising even a small donation, CKI members can help save a child by helping them get the rehydrating salts they need to survive the diseases they often acquire through drinking contaminated waters. If CKI can raise US $500,000 over the years, UNICEF will be able to purchase ALL of the following:

100,000 sachets of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to help children combat dehydration
65,000 collapsible water containers for transporting and storing 10 liters of water
10,000 small scale micro-filter intended to provide safe drinking water in schools
1,000 basic family water kits for families to use during an emergency situation.