Although access to drinking water has improved, the World Bank estimates that 21 percent of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water. In India, diarrhea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily – the same as if eight 200-person jumbo-jets crashed to the ground each day. Your gift, big or small, of a fresh water well will do incredible things to save and improve the lives of many children and families in India.
One well, which costs $1,250, can supply clean water to hundreds of people.