In Cambodia, children don’t just walk for water - they climb for it. Each day, they make the steep 3-kilometre trek up the mountains, often more than once, to collect dirty water from ponds and shallow streams. Clean water is scarce everywhere. Nearly half of the schools in the communities have no safe drinking water at all.
In Zambia, children face a daily struggle just to fetch water. They walk long distances to collect murky water from rivers and streams - the same places where animals drink and people relieve themselves. Along the way, they risk encounters with wild animals like crocodiles. Even if they escape danger, the water they bring back often carries deadly diseases like cholera and typhoid. These exhausting journeys leave children too late or too tired for school, trapping them in a cycle of hardship.
Every $60* you raise or give will help provide one child with sustainable access to clean water.
You’re giving back the children their time to learn, freedom from illness, and a future filled with hope.
