Water Facts

1 of every 6 people in the world lacks access to safe drinking water.

Twice as many lack access to improved sanitation.

80 countries, home to 40% of the world's population, are encountering serious water shortages.

In the 1990s the number of children killed by diarrhea - the result of unsafe water and sanitation - exceeded the number of people killed in armed conflicts since the Second World War.

One toilet flush in the U.S. uses as much water as the average person in a developing country uses for a whole day's drinking, cooking, washing, and cleaning.

With your help, and the funds raised by Red Bank CROP WALK, wells drilled by Church World Service are providing fresh water and a fresh start to villages around the world.