“Five million people die unnecessarily each year because of illness related to lack of potable water. Half of them are children under the age of five. To bring it home, think about this: one child dies from lack of clean water every twelve seconds.”
“The 1.8 million child deaths each year related to clean water and sanitation dwarf the casualities associated with violent conflict. No act of terrorism generates economic devastation on the scale of the crisis in water and sanitation. Yet the issue barely registers on the international agenda.”
“Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon”
“Sixty-five seconds," he said. "You weren't breathing for sixty-five seconds after we found you. I lived and died during each one of them." He let out a breath. "Never again.”
“You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...”
“For every puppy or kitten your pet gives birth to, one dies in the shelter for lack of a home... Spay/Neuter.”