ASD co-hosts/sponsors conferences that provides a forum for scientific, spiritual and educational leaders to develop ideas that expand current water practices, policies and technologies and help provide workable global solutions for our rapidly declining freshwater resource.
Women and girls can sometimes spend all day fetching water
Water related diseases cost the Indian economy 73 million working days a year
Lack of sanitation facilities force women and girls to resort to relieving themselves publicly leaving them vulnerable to violent attacks and rape
A 20-liter (5 gallon) jug of water weighs almost 50lbs
When water and sanitation facilities are in schools, the number of female students increases. With just a few years of basic education, women have smaller, healthier families, and are more likely able to work their way out of poverty
Each additional year of female education is thought to reduce child mortality by 5-10%
