World Water Crisis

World Water Crisis  book Blue Planet Run safe drinking water to the one billion people who lack it
Doan Bao Chao / Blue Planet Run

Refreshing
Vietnamese children like Tran Quoc Xu, 11, used to spend a significant portion of their day fetching water. Today, a water system funded by the Blue Planet Run Foundation and PWX means that villagers in Dong Lam hamlet need not travel great distances or pay lots of money for their water.

Blue Planet Run is a production of Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt / Against All Odds Productions

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