Jarring Video Tackles Clean Drinking Water Issue

Video Puts Clean Drinking Water Issue Into Perspective

Nicole Hughes July 20, 2008 | 12:41 pm EST

A serene homemaker rises the dishes in a stew of brown sludge while watching her children from the kitchen window playing in what looks like a kiddie pool of…raw sewage? The video below, created by World Vision UK, a religious non-profit, seeks to put into perspective the fact that 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. It’s a little jarring, so don’t say I didn’t warn you:

Their campaign is meant to encourage people to donate to water projects in areas where clean water is a big issue – like Sri Landa and Ethiopia. You can also takepart and check out Globalwater.org, which aims to provide clean water to rural areas around the world.

via Green Daily

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