Global Water Crisis

The scale of the global water and particularly the sanitation crisis is shocking and almost unfathomable to us who have the privilege of turning on taps all over our houses full of clean water and our pick of “thrones” on which to sit. 

900 million people lack access to clean drinking water 
2.6 Billion people have no access to sanitation

In addition, even in Canada, 70% of aboriginal communities have major water quality issues.

 Read more about the global water and sanitation crisis.

Over the past 5 years we have funded 19 Canadian international water and sanitation organizations for a total of $553,379. In addition we have funded 7 national water organizations for a total of $159,600.

Outputs:

• With Harbinger funding, grantees attended World Water Forum, Istanbul Turkey 2008; Stockholm World Water Week 2008, World Bank Water Week 2009, Washington DC; Water Advocates WASH in Schools, March 2008; WEDC Conference 2008, Ethiopia; BRAC University’s International Conference on Water, Sanitation, Bangladesh

Disaster Relief:

• Contributed to disaster relief missions to the following locations: Gaza, Haiti, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Solomon Islands, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Cambodia, Lebanon, Philippines

Water and Sanitation Projects:
This was not a direct focus of our funding but we did contribute to the following specific water and sanitation projects:

• 2 drip-irrigation systems for vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe, MAMA Africa
• 32 Latrine stalls , Aromo IDP Camp Northern Uganda pop. 34,410
• 11 rainwater harvesting tanks,6 at schools in Karatu, Tanzania (pop. 3066 students and teachers); 5 at schools and Churches Uganda (ACTs)
• Funded the expansion of a ceramic water filtration factory in Cambodia to serve and additional 48,000 families per year, IDE Canada