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Surprising Solution To The Global Water Crisis: Solar Power

It’s a universal, and undeniable fact that water is a basic need for human life. The average person needs to consume half a gallon (or 2 liters) of water daily to stay healthy. Yet many across the world don’t even have access to clean drinking water.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017, an astounding 2.1 billion or 3 in 10 people globally lack ready access to safe water at home. Within this, 844 million lack access to basic water services and 159 million still rely on untreated surface water from lakes and rivers for their daily needs.

Without access to clean water diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and polio can spread ruthlessly across communities – with young children most at risk. The WHO estimates that each year 361,000 children under the age of 5 die due to diarrhea from consuming contaminated water. Regrettably although access to clean drinking water should be a universal human right, society is still far away from this reality. As a result, thousands of social entrepreneurs have surfaced to develop solutions to solve the water crisis. Among them is Manik Jolly – Founder and CEO of Grassroots and Rural Innovative Development Pvt Ltd (GRID). […]

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