Of the children not able to bathe, and who will miss school because they are unclean are always too late;
Of the mothers with children on their hips, or the daughters who are menstruating forced to walk long, unsafe distances to hydrate their families;
Of the frail elderly persons carrying heavy barrels on their heads, or the young ones who will eventually develop hernias, sunburns, and foot sores; and
Of the families living in unhygienic conditions, or travelling to communal water holes drinking the same water is used for bathing and lavatory;
A access to safe and readily available clear drinking water, will allow thousands of impoverished Sri Lankans to focus on their health, personal safety, school attendance, and farming/livelihood instead of spending time and physical effort to collect water to survive.
An island with a water crisis: today, over 337,000 Sri Lankans don’t have access to clean drinking water