-
Clean Water now a Fundamental Human Right
This is definitely something anyone living in a “first world” country takes for granted, but the UN has recently declared clean water and sanitation to be fundamental human rights.
What does this mean in practice? Well, the resolution is non-binding, so probably not very much. According to the UN (and the BBC’s report), “about 1.5 million children under five die each year from water and sanitation-related diseases.” A little over 4100 children a day.
In context: a lot of small towns across the United States have a population smaller than that – if you’ve ever passed through one of them, imagine it disappearing overnight. That’s about how many people something as simple as universal clean water could save.
On top of this, according to the resolution 884 million people are without clean water, and over 2 billion people lack proper sanitation.
This is why we at WeDrink feel that selling reusable stainless steel bottles and challenging the environmental scourge that is plastic bottles is not quite enough. Eliminating plastic water bottles would do a huge amount for the environment, but only indirectly helps other people – so alleviate this, every one of our bottles gives a direct, transparent, clearly labeled amount to water relief charities, an environmental one-two punch that directly helps both the environment, and the people that live in it.
