Africa is the second driest continent on earth after Australia. Water scarcity is caused by a variety of problems draughts, water pollution, and limited water sources. With agriculture becoming endangered and sanitation problems causing mortal diseases.The African Water Facility (AWF) is an organization launched in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AFDB) that finances and promotes sustainability projects to render water accessible to local population and therefore ameliorate their living conditions.

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Procter & Gamble has one of the most impressive portfolios of leadership brands in the world. This giant corporation has employees in close to 80 countries and holds some of the most famous brands like Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper® or Pantene®. In 2004, in collaboration with various organizations, P&G created the Children’s Safe Drinking Water programs (CSDW), that helps raise awareness around the globe about the importance of having access to quality drinking water.

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Every year, in the small village of Taiji in Japan, fishermen chase dolphins into a hidden cove where they get trapped and killed with knives and spears that make them bleed to death. As the sea turns crimson red, the dolphins are put into boats and brought the well-hidden places where they get butchered into pieces. Some of the dolphins that see their lives spared are captured and sold for an astonishing amount of money to water parks. Read more and learn how to take action!

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From industrial waste to the city sewage and household pollution, the American wetlands have become so polluted that many rivers or lakes are off limits to swimmers and the biodiversity of such waters at terribly threatened. The shampoos, bleach or other cleaning products we use daily too often end up in our lakes and rivers and as a consequence they intoxicate our fish.

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The BP oil disaster has stirred the entire world, many are angered, and others are disgusted or simply enraged. The reactions vary depending on the context and the identity of the individual. Yet, what appears to be the common opinion of the masses is that something needs to be done right away.This situation of crisis has united people from Ecuador to Louisiana that have decided to force alliances against global oil spills.

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