Sentences with phrase «lack access to clean water»

He greatly underestimates rates of species extinction, and denies that it matters that billions of people lack access to clean water.

Over one billion people worldwide lack access to clean water, that is approximately one in six people on earth.

The number of people who lack access to clean water has been cut nearly in half since 2000, though at 550 million, or around 8 percent of the world's population, there is still much room for improvement.

All the villagers we visit lack access to clean water and health care.

In fact, water is the most important ingredient to life and unfortunately 2.5 billion people lack access to clean water.

ONE IN SIX PEOPLE lacks access to clean water worldwide, making diarrheal illness — a direct result of poor sanitation — the leading cause of death globally.

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LifeStraw Safe Water Fund People in Puerto Rico still lack access to clean drinking water — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small vilWater Fund People in Puerto Rico still lack access to clean drinking water — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small vilwater — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small village.

And «more than half of the 3.4 million residents lacking access to clean drinking water,» according to POLITICO.

Without such simple tools, many would otherwise die from a cold, a mosquito bite, diarrhea, or lack of access to clean water.

Lack of access to clean water is an issue, and breastfeeding is usually better (unless the mother has HIV).

Elsa Seguinot indicated that she had a lot of family in Puerto Rico, and after the storm abated most of the island's residents lacked access to electricity and clean water.

A recent study in Environmental Health showed that access to clean water could reduce childhood mortality by 1.17 deaths per 1,000 children, which is a large number of preventable deaths for the millions of children who lack access to improved water — and millions more who apparently lack access to fully safe water supplies.

-- Nell Fox, Seattle, WA Today fully one - sixth of the world's human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than two million people — mostly kids — die each year from water - borne diseases.

Talking with a lot of people there and learning more about the lack of opportunity to earn a fair wage, provide for families, have access to clean drinking water, etc. etc. etc. got me even more fired up.

This booklet contains activities, statistics and information to explore why access to clean water is vital, how a lack of water can affect the lives of people globally and the relationship between gender inequality and water.

A lack of access to the basics like clean water, nutritious food and shelter take their toll.

Within weeks society as we know it ceases to exist with massive electrical grid failures, lack of clean water, fuel, or access to food.

The Water Project, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitaWater Project, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitawater projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitawater and proper sanitation.

In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of access to clean water, this team of engineers built a machine that converts sweat into drinking water.

Tribune: Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday called for tangible steps to fight climate change and provide potable water to as many as 1.2 billion people who, they said, lacked access to clean drinking water.

They will grow up stunted in stature and damaged in their brains, all because they lack access to cheap electricity, running clean water and sewer facilities and clothes washing and refrigeration and schools and houses and adequate supplies of fertilizer - grown food that electricity enables.

In the West African nation of Togo, more than half of the population live below the poverty line, and a large number of the population lack reliable access to education, healthcare, electricity, and clean or safe drinking water.

«Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water and researchers are constantly searching for cost - effective ways to purify water for rural villages and developing areas.

The movie not only points fingers at corporations, but also looks at the issue of water quality in general and the lack of access to clean water sources that half the planet deals with every single day.

«Direct solar desalination could be a game changer for some of the estimated 1 billion people who lack access to clean drinking water,» said Rice scientist and water treatment expert Qilin Li, a corresponding author on the study.

She found that she adjusted easily to work in developing countries (including Cuba and Guatemala), in part because the «third world» conditions she encountered − like problems with access to clean water and sanitation systems, and lack of other infrastructure − were not far removed from the conditions in Attawapiskat.

They are facing issues like food insecurity, a lack of clean water, unsafe living conditions, and no access to medical care.

When Moore realized that many of the villagers» health issues were caused by a lack of access to clean water, he began installing water filters and training people to maintain them.