Water is Life. Water is essential to life on Earth.

The goal of the Earth Dollar is to ensure everyone on Earth has access to clean water and sanitation. The Earth Dollar wants to create a brighter future for humanity, where nobody is left behind. The Earth Dollar is governed by the Mother Earth Constitution, which supports Enhanced Sustainable Goal 6, “Water is Life”. 

“Billions without clean water and sanitation are a ‘moral failure’. Access to water is not just about liquid in a bottle but instead touches on universal issues such as dignity, opportunity, and equality”, says the UN General Assembly President.

There are still an estimated 771 million people living without clean drinking water, improved sanitation, and hygiene behavior change. Without clean, easily accessible water, families and communities are locked in poverty for generations. Children drop out of school and parents struggle to make a living.

Moreover, the United Nations state, “that the planetary crisis, including the interlinked threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, will increase water scarcity. By 2040, one in four of the world’s children under 18 – some 600 million – will be living in areas of extremely high-water stress.”

From Cape Town to Flint, Michigan, as well as rural, sub-Saharan Africa to Asia’s teeming megacities, there’s a global water crisis. People are struggling to access the quantity and quality of water they need for drinking, cooking, bathing, handwashing, and growing their food.

“Children are the biggest victims. When wells dry up, children are the ones missing school to fetch water. When droughts diminish food supplies, children suffer from malnutrition and stunting. When floods hit, children fall ill from waterborne illnesses. And when water resources decline, children cannot wash their hands to fight off diseases.”

A UNICEF report found Eastern and Southern Africa have the highest incidence of children living in “water poverty”, with nearly 60 percent facing difficulty in accessing water every day. South Asia is home to the largest number of children living in areas of high or extremely high vulnerability, or more than 155 million.

Access to clean water changes everything; it’s a stepping-stone to development. When people gain access to clean water, they are better able to practice good hygiene and sanitation. Children enjoy good health and are more likely to attend school. Parents put aside their worries about water-related diseases and lack of clean water access. Instead, they can water crops and livestock and diversify their incomes. Communities no longer vie for rights to a waterhole.

The UN General Assembly has declared 2018 to 2028, the Water Action Decade, which also addresses the increased global pressure on water resources, and exacerbated risk of droughts and floods.

Together, they are vital for reducing the global burden of disease and improving the health, education, and economic productivity of populations.

Water is Life. Water is essential to life on Earth.

The goal of the Earth Dollar is to ensure everyone on Earth has access to clean water and sanitation. The Earth Dollar wants to create a brighter future for humanity, where nobody is left behind. The Earth Dollar is governed by the Mother Earth Constitution, which supports Enhanced Sustainable Goal 6, “Water is Life”.

“Billions without clean water and sanitation are a ‘moral failure’. Access to water is not just about liquid in a bottle but instead touches on universal issues such as dignity, opportunity, and equality”, says the UN General Assembly President.

There are still an estimated 771 million people living without clean drinking water, improved sanitation, and hygiene behavior change. Without clean, easily accessible water, families and communities are locked in poverty for generations. Children drop out of school and parents struggle to make a living.

Moreover, the United Nations state, “that the planetary crisis, including the interlinked threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, will increase water scarcity. By 2040, one in four of the world’s children under 18 – some 600 million – will be living in areas of extremely high-water stress.”

From Cape Town to Flint, Michigan, as well as rural, sub-Saharan Africa to Asia’s teeming megacities, there’s a global water crisis. People are struggling to access the quantity and quality of water they need for drinking, cooking, bathing, handwashing, and growing their food.

“Children are the biggest victims. When wells dry up, children are the ones missing school to fetch water. When droughts diminish food supplies, children suffer from malnutrition and stunting. When floods hit, children fall ill from waterborne illnesses. And when water resources decline, children cannot wash their hands to fight off diseases.”

A UNICEF report found Eastern and Southern Africa have the highest incidence of children living in “water poverty”, with nearly 60 percent facing difficulty in accessing water every day. South Asia is home to the largest number of children living in areas of high or extremely high vulnerability, or more than 155 million.

Access to clean water changes everything; it’s a stepping-stone to development. When people gain access to clean water, they are better able to practice good hygiene and sanitation. Children enjoy good health and are more likely to attend school. Parents put aside their worries about water-related diseases and lack of clean water access. Instead, they can water crops and livestock and diversify their incomes. Communities no longer vie for rights to a waterhole.

The UN General Assembly has declared 2018 to 2028, the Water Action Decade, which also addresses the increased global pressure on water resources, and exacerbated risk of droughts and floods.

Together, they are vital for reducing the global burden of disease and improving the health, education, and economic productivity of populations.

The Earth Dollar supports good sanitation and hygiene. Contaminated water and a lack of basic sanitation are undermining efforts to end extreme poverty and disease in the world’s poorest countries. This includes increasing the spread of COVID19.

In 2017, 2 billion people worldwide did not have access to basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. 673 million people still practiced open defecation. According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, at least 1.2 billion people worldwide are estimated to drink water that is not protected against contamination from feces.

Even more drink water, which is delivered through a system without adequate protection against sanitary hazards. 

Unclean water and poor sanitation are leading causes of child mortality. Childhood diarrhea is closely associated with insufficient water supply, inadequate sanitation, water contaminated with communicable disease agents, and poor hygiene practices. Diarrhea is estimated to cause 1.5 million child deaths per year, mostly among children under five living in developing countries.

The links between the lack of water and sanitation access and the development goals are clear, and the solutions to the problem are known and cost-effective. 2012 WHO study shows that every US $1 invested in improved sanitation translates into an average global economic return of US $5.5. Those benefits are experienced specifically by poor children and in the disadvantaged communities that need them most.

Thank you for supporting the Earth Dollar in funding clean water projects worldwide.

The Earth Dollar supports good sanitation and hygiene. Contaminated water and a lack of basic sanitation are undermining efforts to end extreme poverty and disease in the world’s poorest countries. This includes increasing the spread of COVID19.

In 2017, 2 billion people worldwide did not have access to basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. 673 million people still practiced open defecation. According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, at least 1.2 billion people worldwide are estimated to drink water that is not protected against contamination from feces.

Even more drink water, which is delivered through a system without adequate protection against sanitary hazards. 

Unclean water and poor sanitation are leading causes of child mortality. Childhood diarrhea is closely associated with insufficient water supply, inadequate sanitation, water contaminated with communicable disease agents, and poor hygiene practices. Diarrhea is estimated to cause 1.5 million child deaths per year, mostly among children under five living in developing countries.

The links between the lack of water and sanitation access and the development goals are clear, and the solutions to the problem are known and cost-effective. 2012 WHO study shows that every US $1 invested in improved sanitation translates into an average global economic return of US $5.5. Those benefits are experienced specifically by poor children and in the disadvantaged communities that need them most.

Thank you for supporting the Earth Dollar in funding clean water projects worldwide.