When drought occurs, their countryside is transformed into an arid wasteland where every living thing seems to cry out for lack of water. These precious people do not have enough water to grow and harvest food, enough water to keep their livestock alive, enough clean water to protect themselves and their children from hunger and disease. Simply put - they do not have enough water to live. Worldwide hunger problems are really water problems. Without water, crops and livestock wither and die.
People go hungry and become weak.
At this moment, many communities in over 50 countries throughout the world are suffering needlessly because water is either insufficient or polluted or may not exist at all. So near, yet too far for people lacking the tools and knowledge to reach it. That's the power of water. When you think of fighting hunger, you may think only of emergency relief efforts bringing shipments of food. When you think of healing disease, you may think only of doctors, nurses and medicine.