Water. We drink it. We cook with it. We use it to wash our hands. We use it to shower. We use it for laundry and dishes. We use it to wash our cars and our pets. We water our lawns with it. And we even fill up swimming pools and play in it.

The truth is, water is an integral part of life as we know it. Now imagine this, the impossible – what would life be like without it? What would life be like if all we had were dark, murky, bacteria-infested water? Would you drink it? Would anyone drink it?

For more than 884 million people, one in every eight, this is reality. For them, water is not a source of abundant life, health and well-being as it is for us. Rather, it is the birthing ground for sickness and disease. Water as they know it, strips them of opportunities for education and work, and contributes to an endless cycle of poverty and despair. This is the global water crisis, and it steals the lives of nearly 6,000 people each day, most of them children.