There's an app for that.
In 2014, the UNICEF Tap Project introduced a wildly popular mobile web app that asked users to put down their phones for kids without clean water.
Users spending mere minutes away from their phones were able to unlock the funding — generously donated by sponsors such as Giorgio Armani Fragrances, S’well Bottle and UNICEF Next Generation — to provide a day’s worth of clean, safe water to children in need.
In March 2016 alone, UNICEF Tap Project app users unlocked the funding needed to provide nearly 4 million days of clean water. ©DawnToTheWest/2014
A campaign that benefited more than half a million people and mobilized volunteers throughout the world.
Over a decade, the UNICEF Tap Project directly benefited more than half a million people, raising over $6 million to support WASH programs in 12 countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Nicaragua, Iraq, Central African Republic, Togo, Haiti, Guatemala, Vietnam, Cameroon, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Tanzania.
The funds raised helped provide communities and schools with sustainable access to safe water, restore access to clean water after disasters, promote safe hygiene practices to prevent the spread of disease, and much more.
Just as important, the UNICEF Tap Project campaign mobilized hundreds of thousands of volunteers throughout the world — and millions of online users — to help get children the water and adequate sanitation they need to survive and thrive.
UNICEF and its partners have supplied water and soap at the Al Takya Al Kasnazaniya IDP Camp in Baghdad, Iraq. ©UNICEF/UN06483/Khuzaie
Over the span of the UNICEF Tap Project, the number of children dying from waterborne illnesses dropped from over 4,000 a day in 2006 to just under 1,000 a day in 2015.
As UNICEF moves on to new campaigns, the work to connect children across the globe to clean, safe water continues. Tap Project supporters can advance these efforts by donating, volunteering and advocating for UNICEF’s campaigns.
Since 1990, UNICEF and partners have played a key role as 2.1 billion people gained access to clean, safe water. See our interactive Water map, below, to explore UNICEF's WASH programs.
Click on the image above to view an interactive global map about UNICEF’s lifesaving work providing clean water and improved sanitation and hygiene. © UNICEF USA.
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