Water Poverty Quotes

Half the world’s people fail to receive the level of water services available in many of the cities of ancient Greece and Rome

People must have water, affordable, necessary water.

No water—no jobs.

More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.

We must acquaint the youth to the realities of the world... we must tell them that millions of people around the world have no access to drinking water.

I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.

There's over a billion people on this planet that don't have access to clean drinking water.

Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.

In my village where I'm from, there's still not running water everywhere. People are still struggling to get clean water.

The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than one year of the Kyoto treaty.

You talk to people, and they don't understand our water. They come and turn on a tap and drink clean water, and to them, that's amazing. Millions of people around the world have to carry water miles and miles, and that's all they have. It's hard for fat Americans like myself to even understand that.

How can Africa, the home to some of the largest bodies of water in the world, be said to have a water crisis? It doesn't. It has a knowledge crisis. The lack of knowledge on vital topics, like water and food, is what stands between Africa's current state and a future of prosperity.

To think that some people don't have clean water was mind-boggling to me.

I want people to have clean water. People in this country take it for granted, the ability to drink clean water whenever they want. There are millions of people far less fortunate in this world, and it's my duty to do as much as I can to change that. I don't see that as insurmountable at all.

I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it. People in rural places could use the water for irrigation or for drinking.

My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.

I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

You cannot say that I get water to people. I don't physically do that. Through Araghyam, we support several NGOs across the country which are tackling the problem on a day to day basis.

People who can turn on a tap and have safe and clean water to drink, to cook with and to bathe in often take it for granted — and yet more than one billion of our fellow human beings have little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water

I saw from a very young age the value of clean water in communities in Africa. I made a promise to myself that once I reached a time and place in my career where I could do more, I would.

At the moment there are 1 in 8 people who have no access to clear drinking water, about a billion people worldwide, which can make you feel quite overwhelmed.

We have a big heart for Africa and also for just raising awareness about the water crisis.