The World Water Crisis

Every day 4,100 children die of water-related diseases.
Nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. Almost half of them are children.
Just $1 raised through the UNICEF Tap Project can provide a child with safe water for 40 days.

Learn more about the water and sanitation situation facing children around the world.

UNICEF works to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, while promoting safe hygiene practices in more than 100 countries around the world.
More than 1.2 billion people gained access to improved drinking water between 1990 and 2004 through UNICEF's efforts, and about 1.2 billion gained access to improved sanitation facilities.
UNICEF's goal is to cut the number of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation in half by 2015.
Donations raised through the UNICEF Tap Project campaign have funded a variety of lifesaving projects—including water access improvements in densely populated villages in Cote d’Ivoire; sanitation improvement in Nicaragua; emergency response and water, environment and sanitation capacity-building in Iraq; and school sanitation and clean water projects in the Toledo region of Belize.