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Business & Money | Thursday 2 July, 2015 4:01 am |
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“Put a smile on a child’s face” - Working together for a better world

Clean drinking water is a basic human right, yet the number of people around the world who do not have access to drinking water is growing at an alarming rate. A staggering 750 million people around the world currently lack access to clean water. Perhaps more alarmingly, statistics show that more than 840,000 people die each year from a water-related disease. *

On top of these horrifying statistics, 443 million** school days are missed each year by children who do not have access to clean water. Many of whome have to drop out of school in order to help their parents by walking an average of 6km each day to bring back water to their families. These missed school days are lost opportunities for these young people to learn, develop and grow so that they may improve their situation.

The change needed to make a difference for these communities requires us to work together, with a long term view towards reducing the impact of these issues on those less fortunate.

In line with its mission to put an end to the global water crisis, Oasis Water has forged a new fundraising partnership with Dubai Cares designed to help provide clean drinking water to children in developing countries. Both parties hope that this campaign raises enough funds equivalent to providing clean drinking water to 10,000 children. The “Put a Smile on a Child’s Face” campaign aims to provide the basic infrastructure and education needed to provide underequipped schools with access to clean drinking water and sanitation in developing countries.  

Every child has a right to be healthy and to learn with dignity, and we can all play a role in helping them achieve this. Whether we choose to donate our time, money or to drink a bottle of Oasis Water, together we can help diminish the detrimental effect of the world water crisis, in the hopes of creating a brighter future for all of us. 

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