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"Water for life”.... Please Donate.... "Everest Challenge"

"Water-related diseases kill a child every eight seconds,"

 

 

MY CHALLENGE!>>>

 

Salaam peace and welcome to the “Water for life group”. My name is Zakariya, and I am about to embark on the most strenuous, enduring challenge I am ever about to face. I am going to trek to base camp “Mount Everest”. This challenge may seem a normal walk in the park.... believe I have jus realised after paying my trip it isn’t, the more I think about the challenge the more nervous I become. However there is one thing that drives me on, my religion, my friends and family, but most of all “HUMANITY”.

This is a charity trek to help some of the most vulnerable people in the world access clean safe drinking water. In the next three minutes 10 children will die from dirty water which carries deadly diseases like cholera and dysentery, simple because they have nothing else to drink. This situation is intolerable and it’s not right. Taking on this challenge will literally save thousands of lives. So please don’t let a child die from a lack of effort.

I have taken on this challenge, to see it through, right through.

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MY CHALLENGE:

When? –DEC 2008
How long? -14 days of trekking and climbing
How many hours? 7 hours a day
How high? - High Altitude 6,000 meters 20,500 feet
Difficulty? - 40% normal oxygen level at certain points
Temperature? – Below 0 (-20) degrees at night

 

 

MY CAUSE! >>>

 

......Water, The Source of Life..........

Water is the basic liquid of life. However, over one billion people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water, and almost half the world's population lack adequate sanitation.

This affects their health, their environment, their basic dignity and their children's future. For some countries the problem is scarcity of water, while in others water may be plentiful but of poor quality.

Around 80% of all sickness and disease in the world is caused by inadequate water or sanitation, according to the World Health Organisation. Water-related diseases account for 2.2 million deaths each year, mostly among children under the age of five.

Inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene not only cause sickness and death, but also increase health costs, reduce people's ability to earn a living, and reduce school enrolment rates, especially for girls. Shortages in water can lead to harvest failures and even famine. All these factors combine together to contribute to the continuing cycle of poverty in developing countries.

Water is the basic liquid of life. However, over one billion people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water, and almost half the world's population lack adequate sanitation.

This affects their health, their environment, their basic dignity and their children's future. For some countries the problem is scarcity of water, while in others water may be plentiful but of poor quality.

Around 80% of all sickness and disease in the world is caused by inadequate water or sanitation, according to the World Health Organisation. Water-related diseases account for 2.2 million deaths each year, mostly among children under the age of five

 
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