Children
Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness
Women
Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water
Water
More than 3x more people lack water than live in the United States
Disease
The majority of illness is caused by fecal matter
Sanitation
More people have a mobile than a toilet
Economic
Lack of community involvement causes 50% of other projects to fail

Executive Committee

Team Water.org Executive Committee Members include:

  • Todd Lemke, Apparel, Editor
  • L. Barry Hetherington, Operations, Logistics
  • William Hubner, Membership, Recruiting
  • Elissa Traher, Media, Design
  • Jessen Wehrwein, Web Development, Identity

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