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Safe Water for a Brighter Future!

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Your Support in Action

At Bright Water Foundation, we help families eliminate waterborne disease by simple at-home water disinfection.

In developing areas where water becomes contaminated by unsanitary practices—even when collected from clean water sources—families must disinfect drinking water with chlorine tablets or risk suffering from waterborne diseases.

Bright Water’s safe water efforts help families become “SAFE WATER FAMILIES” by focusing on these 5 Key Safe Water Habits:

Drawing of woman pouring water into a container then dropping water purification tablet in.

1
Use purification tablets every time new water is brought home.

Yellow and blue water containers with lids and a spout or tap.

2
Disinfect and store water in a
suitable container used only for this purpose.

Drawing of woman washing drinking water container.

3
Protect drinking water from new contamination
by washing the container, keeping the lid on, and drawing water safely for drinking.

Drawing, happy child washing hands.

4
Fight germs!
Wash hands. Wash drinking cups. Rinse food before eating.

Drawing, boy takes safe water in a bucket for drinking while at play.

5
Practice safe water habits when away from home.

In Atiwa West District, Ghana, trained Safe Water Educators like Mercy and Philip visit every household in their village, sharing the vital news that waterborne disease is easily preventable at home.

Woman with child on back teaching a woman with a child.
Man in green shirt teaching two women.
Woman with child strapped to back sanitizes drinking water.
Woman bending down to drop small tablet into yellow water container.

Jemima and Francine, like hundreds of mothers in the district, safely disinfect their family’s drinking water using chlorine tablets. Data in these communities now shows diarrhea, dysentery, and typhoid in decline compared to surrounding communities.

In Bright Water School Health Clubs, kids learn and practice safe water habits that keep them healthy, progressing in school, and having fun as they look to a bright future. Below, health club officers disinfect their class’s drinking water station.

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School classroom with students seated at desks.
Teenage girl and boy with blue drinking water container.