Hydrate Hope

"is the first global project of "I Am Change" that began out of asking the question, “with so many needs in the world, where can we begin to make a difference”. Our answer…start with the biggest. With water being the #1 killer in the world, our passion is to engage this preventable global atrocity head on. Over 1.1 Billion people in our world have no access to clean water. That's basically 1 out of every 6 people on our planet. More than 2 million people, mostly children, die each year from preventable waterborne illnesses. 2.6 Billion people are without basic sanitation. Many women and children walk over than 2 hours each way to often fetch more than 40lbs of dirty water for their families. This creates an absence of time and energy necessary for education or small business. The heartbreaker...4 children die every minute...that means that every 15 seconds another child dies....we want this to change. This has to change!
With almost 1.2 Billion people in our world lacking access to a clean water supply and over 2.6 Billion having no means of healthy sanitation, water problems, directly or indirectly, plague virtually half of our world. More than thirst, a lack of clean water affects three primary areas of life: health, poverty, education."

Hydrate Hope "is committed to creating sustainable low-cost clean water solutions in the developing world. We do this by working directly through local partnerships who understand the exact needs and the best solutions in the area. Solutions include Shallow Well Drilling (Bore-Hole), Well Repair/Rehab, Bio-Sand Filters, Rain Catchment and the construction of Sanitation facilities. With every partnership that we work through, we require a sanitation and hygiene training course to happen in conjunction with the implementation of every project. Additionally our direct local partnerships enable us leverage the greatest return on investment and increase financial productivity in these developing world economies.
Project costs vary per country depending on the scope of work, import fees for supplies and strategy of implementation."