Texas Water for Schools was started at the University of Texas at Austin to help build a water system at a
school in Africa. Clean water gives children the opportunity to attend school and get an education. With education, communities are able to raise up strong leaders,
making it possible to break the cycle of poverty and allowing future generations to improve their quality of life.
This year we hope to raise $5,000 to help 250 children, and we'll prove our impact using photos and GPS coordinates in Google Earth.
Will you join us? Yes >>
This year we hope to raise $5,000 to help 250 children, and we'll prove our impact using photos and GPS coordinates in Google Earth.
Will you join us? Yes >>
Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in eight of us.
Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80 percent of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, usually women and children, walk more than three hours every day to fetch water that is likely to make them sick. Those hours are crucial, preventing many from working or attending school. Additionally, collecting water puts them at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault. Read more >>
Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80 percent of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, usually women and children, walk more than three hours every day to fetch water that is likely to make them sick. Those hours are crucial, preventing many from working or attending school. Additionally, collecting water puts them at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault. Read more >>