Clean Water Campaign
Clean Water Saves Lives
Water is life. Yet 783 million people do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation. When water is unsafe and sanitation non-existent, water can kill.
Across the globe, more than 4,000 children die each day from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities.
Since 1990, thanks to the work of UNICEF and its partners, more than 2 billion people have gained access to clean drinking water.
UNICEF Tap Project
When you take water, give water ...
That's the sentiment behind the 2012 UNICEF Tap project. Since its inception in 2007, the UNICEF Tap Project has raised almost $2.5 million in the U.S. and has helped provide clean water for millions of children globally.
The first program of its kind, the UNICEF Tap Project has become a dynamic movement that affords everyone the opportunity to help provide the world's children with safe, clean water.
Whether you want to raise funds, volunteer, hold a fun Tappy Hour event or just donate the water you usually drink for free, the UNICEF Tap Project invites you to make a difference and help give a child clean water to live. 2012 UNICEF Tap Project funds will support water and sanitation programs in Togo, Cameroon, Mauritania and Vietnam.
Donate to the UNICEF Tap Project.
Latest Clean Water Reports
May 7, 2012
Manual drilling stations bring safe drinking water to Guinea
While the plains of Guinea’s Boffa region are a sea of green, there is no drinkable water here. This is typical of the area, which extends along the country’s coastline. Its geography prohibits use of the industrial drilling machines that are used in other regions to access clean water. But creating a supply of safe, clean water is critical; the area has been afflicted by cholera epidemics due to poor water quality. UNICEF and Guinea’s national water service are working together to capture groundwater using a simple technology: manual drilling.
May 4, 2012
In post-flood Pakistan, Children's Fairs entertain and educate
Thousands of flood-affected children and families have learned new life skills and enjoyed a much-needed reprieve from the stresses of post-flood life at UNICEF-supported 'Children’s Fairs.' The Sindh province has suffered from two years of natural disasters that disrupted the lives of millions. The displacement and the loss of homes, education and livelihoods have placed children under extreme physical and psychosocial stress. 'Children's Fairs' are day-long events designed to attract, entertain and educate children and their caregivers.
April 30, 2012
Clean water brings hope to neighborhoods in Haiti
All day long, a steady stream of residents, young and old, line up to fill their buckets with affordable, clean water at the water kiosks of Cité l’Eternel, a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The water project is run by GRET, a French NGO that receives support from UNICEF, and targets 50 of the poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. There are about 300 kiosks in these neighborhoods, and they represents a sustainable, concrete move to reduce post-earthquake reliance on expensive water brought in by trucks.
