Josh Peace Backs WaterAid’s ‘Everyone, Everywhere by 2030’ Campaign
Did you know that 768 million people in the world don’t have access to safe water? This is roughly one in ten of the world’s population. Or that 2.5 billion people don’t have access to adequate sanitation, which is one in three of the world’s population. Or did you know that around 700,000 children die every year from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. That’s almost 2,000 children a day. “Truly heartbreaking figures” commented Josh Peace when he first heard the statistics a while ago, “something that many people take for granted is something that billions around the world pray for. It’s eye-opening really.”
Josh Peace has been donating regularly to WaterAid in order to help the charity on their mission to achieve their vision of a world where everyone has access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. “We have to do better” Josh urges everyone to dig a little deeper and donate (little or large amounts) to Wateraid and help. He comments, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Sometimes it is hard to imagine that an individual can change the world, but we are fortunate that there are many examples of individual human endeavours that have changed not just one other persons life, but a whole nation.”
By 2050, the world population is expected to reach more than nine billion people, compared to just over seven billion today. Virtually all of this growth will be in developing countries, with Africa’s population expected to at least double, from 1.1 billion today to around 2.3 billion in 2050. This will change the context in which stress on resources such as water, food and energy is addressed. It will also affect efforts to achieve universal goals relating to health, education and nutrition, all of which are dependent on access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.
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“And ask yourself, can we really allow 2,000 children to die each day from lack of water and poor sanitation? I don’t think so. Join me in helping tackle this issue” concludes Josh Peace.
