| Planet Water Foundation to Bring Clean Water to Rural Mexico Planet Water Foundation | |
| go to original September 28, 2022 |
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Planet Water Foundation has announced a collaboration with MetLife Foundation through which the organizations will bring access to clean, safe drinking water to 30 communities across Mexico between 2022 and 2024.
According to the U.N., access to clean drinking water is a pressing issue, with 2 billion people (approximately 26% of the world's population) lacking safely managed drinking water services in 2020. In addition, 2.3 billion people (approximately 29% of the world's population) lacked a basic handwashing facility with soap and water at home, which puts them at increased risk of transmittable diseases, including COVID-19. Rates of water poverty are even higher in areas of Mexico, where 57% of people do not have access to a safely managed water source.
To provide access to clean, safe drinking water to over 50,000 people in Mexico, Planet Water Foundation will construct 30 AquaTower water filtration systems in communities in Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz. Employees and partners of MetLife Mexico will volunteer their time to help with the construction.
The AquaTowers will be located in public elementary schools - the heart of each community - to provide access to safe water to school children and members of the surrounding communities.
Through the Planet Water Foundation and MetLife Foundation collaboration, each community will receive:
- An AquaTower water filtration system, providing 1,000 liters of clean, safe drinking water per hour, or enough to support the drinking water requirements of up to 1,800 people.
- Handwashing facilities that are integrated into the base of each AquaTower, including liquid soap dispensers.
- Planet Water's Water-Health & Hygiene education program, which is designed to create a change in behavior, beliefs and knowledge on life-saving hygiene practices.
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