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Most people take clean drinking water for granted. However, many people around the world aren't as fortunate. Here's how businesses can help them access clean water every day.

The Risk of Living Without Clean Water

The World Health Organisation estimates that around 435 million people around the globe don't have access to safe drinking water. When they have to drink from unsafe water sources, they expose themselves to several dangers. For example, they could become exposed to illnesses such as polio, typhoid and cholera.

Clean water is vital in medical centres, too. If the centre is in an area without access to clean water, patients and staff will be susceptible to infections. Without clean water, these infections are life threatening.

It's obvious that not having clean water is a frightening thought, yet millions of people go without it every day.

How You Can Help

One of the best ways to help out and give to those without access to clean water is to use AquAid in your business. This company provides drinking water to businesses all over the UK, ranging from Liverpool F.C. to the NHS.

How does this help those without clean water? AquAid actually gives a portion of its profits to charity every time a product is bought from them. It chooses charities that aim to provide clean water to those around the world who don't have access to it. The company has worked with Christian Aid in the past and founded The Africa Trust to help bring water to some of the poorest parts of Africa.

The Impact of AquAid

Right now, around two million people have been given access to clean water thanks to AquAid's efforts. It has helped so many businesses give back to others by using its products.

Some businesses, such as the Mid Group, have been able to take it one step further. Lead by Sahel Majali, the Mid Group was able to fund the installation of a user friendly Elephant Pump for a village, giving them clean water for the first time.

Sunday on the farm began with the standard morning chores of cow milking, water collection, tortilla making, and sweeping, followed by a delicious breakfast of beans, rice, quesillo (homemade Nicaraguan cheese), eggs, and coffee with some extremely fresh milk!

While waiting for everyone to arrive to the farm for filter distribution we managed to move the horses nearly out of batting range and play a makeshift baseball like game, followed by what turned out to be the favorite, keep the inflatable globe in the air and way from the chickens!

Once the first group of campesinos (farmer's) arrived (some by horseback and some by panga) we struggled through some rapid-fire name spelling, which is not near as easy as it sounds, and began the Filter use and Maintenance Education Program!

The  technology behind the Sawyer PointOne Filter is derived from kidney dialysis.  Each filter is certified for ABSOLUTE microns (meaning there is no pore size larger than 0.1 (that’s really small!); this makes it impossible for harmful bacteria, protoza, or cysts like E. coli, Salmonella typhi (which causes Cholera and Typhoid), Giardia, and Vibrio cholera to pass though the filter.  At 7 log (99.999999%) these filters attain the highest level of filtration on the market today. 

Through the symphony of dogs, chickens, cows, horses, pigs, blaring Vicente Fernandez music, happy children, cowboy hats and brightly colored church clothes everyone confirmed their understanding to us with a little hands on work with their filters.

Excitement filled the air and a few people were even found hidden in the bush admiring, and working on their shiny new filters!

We asked one person (or more) from each family to give us their best runway pose showing off their freshly cleaned AquaAid bucket before they mounted their horses and galloped into the sunset, one sustainable source of clean drinking water richer!