https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deZGVyY14w Siabatou Sanneh of Gambia walked in the Paris Marathon with a bucket of water on her head to raise awareness about the struggles to attain clean drinking water in parts of Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjTsDmSwJQ Water for Africa’ in conjunction with Ogilvy &Mather, Paris has been awarded 5 CANNES Lions, including two ‘Gold’s’, at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2015. They took home Two GOLD’s, one Silver and two Bronze for their amazing campaign, ‘The Marathon Walker’ with Water for Africa, which saw a woman from Gambia, Saibatou Sanneh symbolically take part in the 42km Paris Marathon with 20kg of water on her head, a distance women walk in Africa every day to fetch water for their families.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoEroQ0hXfs Water For People takes a look at the effects of the global water crisis on women and girls in developing countries. On average, women and girls carry 40 pounds of water 3.5 miles every day, hindering their opportunity to work or attend school, and continuing the cycle of poverty. [eliteaccordion][elitetoggle title=“Generated Closed Captioned Text”] Character count: 2080 ‘ Duration in seconds:190 ‘ Characters per second: 10.95 when animals move toward water it’s one of nature’s great phenomena part of the eternal cycle of seasons for people in the developing world the same act can involve drudgery difficulty and miles of walking to and from a water source as primitive as a hand-dug well then waiting hours for a bucket of mud coloured liquid to percolate up slowly from the earth water that may well be contaminated though still welcomed by parched throats at home in virtually all developing countries finding caring and managing water is women’s work typically women and children can spend up to two-thirds of their waking hours hauling water the fill containers often weigh as much as 45 pounds the effort can consume 25 percent of a woman’s daily caloric intake the heavy weight creates long-term joint pain the strain on a woman’s hip and pelvic area can cause difficulties during pregnancy and the contact with contaminated water exposes women to a greater risk of disease finding and hauling water excludes them from education income generation and cultural and political activities without water toilets and privacy girls often drop out of school when they reach puberty it’s part of the reason why every 2 out of 3 illiterate people are women and why women make up 70% of the world’s poor this gender bias effectively removes women from life outside the home and family but it’s a fate that is not inevitable access to safe water near home can transform a woman’s life and the life of her children by reducing the time and resources spent hauling water access to adequate sanitation can give a woman privacy convenience safety and a chance for improved health there is an old saying in rural Indian villages that speaks to the enduring connection between women and water let your husband die it says but the earthen part of water should not be broken with your interest and support we can help women move from a life of illness and lost opportunities to a far more positive future for more information on our work to improve access to safe water and sanitation call us now or visit our website

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