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While the amount of water on Earth is always the same, the distribution of water across the word isn't.

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Nearly one-fifth of the world's population does not have access to enough water.

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China and India are home to over one-third of the population, yet they only have access to one-tenth of the world's freshwater.

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Huge differences in rainfall can happen from country to country and even within the same country. Less rainfall means less water available in lakes, rivers, and aquifers.

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Sometimes there just isn't enough water where it is needed most.

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Water isn’t distributed across the world equally, so some people and places have a lot, but others have very little.

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One billion people, or 16 percent of Earth's population, have to walk more than fifteen minutes to get to the nearest water supply.

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People walk to get their water-just a few jugs, barely enough for drinking, cooking, and cleaning.

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Some of the water people have access to isn't clean water

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Families don't have enough water to meet even their most basic needs.

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A bucket of water weighs about 22 lbs. People have  to carry a bucket or two to have water for the day.

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North America has one-third the population of Africa, yet North Americans use three times as much water. Nearly 300 million people in Africa do not have access to freshwater.

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Some people  have to spend up to four hours each day collecting water from rivers.

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Some children aren't able to attend school because they spend hours every day carrying water.

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For people, it is a dangerous trek collecting water from the river each day, even being attacked by crocodiles.

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The Angolan Government and UNICEF helped solve the problem in the village of Mabuia by laying a pipeline from the river to the community with a filtering system.

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People around the world need to become "Well Aware" of every splash of water we use.

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Here are ways to provide access to water to the rest of Angola: drilling boreholes across the country, constructing major pipelines, and providing water for schools.

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Raising money and donating money to help organizations build pipelines and wells to make water more accessible to those that need it the most.

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You can help organizations by raising money or volunteer to help teach others to save water. This money can help install water pumps or wells in places that need

water.

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Ryan Hreljac,, a six year old, raised enough money to build a well near a school in Uganda.

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The more people learn about water issues, the more they can help to save and protect water.

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Ryan's Well Foundation which raises money to build wells in places that need access to water and educate people elsewhere about the need to conserve water.

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Some people have to spend a lot of

time collecting water, and others don’t have enough to live.

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If we try, we can help more

people get the water they need.

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If the water people have access to is not clean, it spreads disease and makes people sick.

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Everyone needs access to water to survive.

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We need to distribute the freshwater we have on Earth equally to all the people on Earth.