OUR MISSION
The Water Crisis
663 million people on our planet do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. Every 21 seconds a child dies of water-related disease. That's 4,100 children a day. The task of collecting water tends to fall on women and children.
As a result, women are unable to get jobs or contribute financially to the household. Children are often unable to go to school due to the thousands of hours they spend annually hauling water.
Oshen's 1 Year Pledge
Oshen will donate ONE YEAR of clean drinking water for every item purchased. 100% of our donations go to clean water well projects in countries that desperately need safe, clean drinking water. Each well project gives HUNDREDS of people a lifetime of clean water, and these wells also stimulate local economies.
With YOUR HELP we want to supply 100,000 years of clean drinking water by the end of 2018. Help us make a change.
The Impact
By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight! Child mortality rates can also drop up to 90%!
Clean water also plays an incredibly critical role in effectively managing HIV/AIDS. For a person with HIV/AIDS, even if you have access to medical treatment, but are still forced to drink dirty water, the diseases in the water you drink will actually kill you faster than AIDS itself.
Oshen x Thirst Project
Oshen is committed to making a change. We will provide 1 year of clean drinking water for every purchase. We are partnered with the non-profit, Thirst Project. Thirst Project has given a lifetime of clean drinking water to more than 300,000 people in 13 different countries.
With your help, Oshen hopes to provide 3,000 people clean water for life in 2018. In 2019 we hope to triple that number, and provide clean water for 9,000 people.
Give Water. Give Life.
The Wells
Our partners at Thirst Project use the most reliable and sustainable water well technology. Hand pump borehole wells don’t rely on any external source of power. These projects are not reliant on communities’ ability to pay for ongoing fuel costs to run a generator and aren’t dependent on unreliable solar panels, which often break and can't be easily repaired or replaced.
Unlike so many so-called “latest and greatest” technologies, which often rely on parts that cannot be locally-sourced & technologies that require unavailable specialists in the rural areas, community members can be trained to maintain and repair these projects themselves for decades to come.
Visit The Thirst Project
For more information and other ways to get involved, visit our partners The Thirst Project's website at www.thirstproject.org