Clean Water Campaign
Clean Water Saves Lives
Water is life. Yet 900 million people do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.6 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 1.6 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
February 4, 2012
Piped clean drinking water in Angola improves children's health
In the Matala municipality in Angola, a UNICEF supported project is providing ready access to clean drinking water to nearly 2,000 homes through taps installed at homes and in communities. Only 50% of Angolans have access to improved drinking water sources. With improved access to water the rates of diarrhea and cholera have fallen to next to nothing in Matala, compared to when the cleanest water source was a river 3 miles away. Because the safe water was so far away, people would take unsafe water from nearby streams resulting in illnesses.
January 17, 2012
Providing lifesaving interventions against cholera in DR Congo
Barely half of DR Congo’s population has access to safe drinking water and 72% of people are relegated to using unimproved sanitation facilities, constantly putting families and children at risk of contracting deadly cholera. UNICEF is helping address both the immediate needs of cholera patients and the long-term causes of cholera by raising awareness of important hygiene practices, distributing free water purification tablets and providing safe water access through water chlorination points.
January 9, 2012
Two years after Haiti earthquake - victories for children but challenges remain
UNICEF has helped more than 750,000 children return to school. Some 80,000 of them are now attending classes in 193 safe, earthquake-resistant schools constructed by the organization, and more than 120,000 children enjoy structured play in 520 child-friendly spaces. More than 15,000 malnourished children have received life-saving care in 314 therapeutic feeding programs supported by UNICEF.
