Support communities by providing them with clean water At least two billion people around the world drink contaminated water, according to ...
Support communities by providing them with clean water
At least two billion people around the world drink contaminated water, according to the World Health Organization.
In Africa and Asia, many villages suffer from a lack of clean water, which not only affects their daily life, but also affects their health and increases the risk of contracting diseases and prevents them from accessing opportunities and education. daily life.
According to the World Health Organization, at least two billion people around the world drink water contaminated by toilets.
These isolated communities are facing some kind of problems related to sending their children or their wives with plastic bags for the long journey to fetch water, usually several miles.
Such long journeys put women in various threats including kidnapping where children also face problems including lack of body water and encounters with dangerous wild animals such as crocodiles.
The problem of lack of clean water has increased, where the problem needs urgent action considering that 771 million people are suffering from lack of water.
An alarming statistic by UNICEF shows that by 2025, almost half of the world's population will find themselves in areas suffering from water scarcity.
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For years, the Canadian relief charity Human Concern International (HCI) and other organizations have been making this effort to provide wells and maintain them around the world, where they improve people's lives.
Inaugurating a well in such areas is a special event, celebrating an important change in life. Such wells are very helpful as they provide water for more than two thousand houses.
However, the provision of clean water is beyond the scope of a hole to make a well. There is a need to study the size of the community and the amount of water they need and how to sustain it.
There are training and education programs for local residents, where they are educated on how to take care of water technology.
By training the people of the town, they are trying to save and clean the wells that are made for them. Once completed, contracts are awarded to other organizations that will ensure the maintenance of access to clean water for the villages.
In some cases, artificially constructed wells such as boreholes provide clean water during periods of water scarcity or drought.
In some areas, installing a solar water desalinator can be an alternative to areas with salt water.
Using movie stars
In order to solve the problem of water scarcity, HCI has entered into an agreement with Engin Altan Düzyatan, a famous Turkish actor and environmentalist who made his name in the TRT feature film Diriliş: Ertugrul.
Altan used his influence to bring about change and raise awareness of environmental issues.
In 2019, Altan was the director of a film called "Be Witness" to shed light on how underprivileged communities suffer from water problems in Turkey and Africa.
HCI and Altan have launched a special program to ensure that they fight water scarcity.
The collaboration between HCI and Altan has had a great impact on its audience in North America, where thousands of people have participated in entertainment events held in important cities across Canada and the United States.
Through these effective meetings, Altan and HCI have gained support where they have attracted the attention of people from many sectors and come together to achieve equality in the water supply sector.
A noble work
A lot of progress has been made where they managed to collect more than one million dollars to provide water in Asia and Africa.
There are many families who have contributed to this work, either as a charity for their deceased or as a testimony to the value of their family name.
In Islam, providing water is considered as Sadaqatul Jariya.
The impact of this kind of contribution continues as thousands of people continue to benefit daily from the water obtained from these wells.
By doing this noble work, the impact of the contributor is eternal, which will change and change the lives of many people for years to come.
By building wells, introducing new technologies and improving community engagement, HCI supports communities to achieve sustainability in life.
But donors are the drivers of sustainable development, creating change and improving the lives of countless people.
The author, Mahmuda Khan, is executive director of Human Concern International (HCI), Canada's longest-running international Muslim advocacy group. Mahmuda has a degree in design and construction and has been working for over ten years