UNICEF Dirty Water campaign

UNICEF has installed Dirty Water Vending Machines in Manhattan to support children with safe drinking water

06.08.2010 | UNICEF campaign


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UNICEF has started its shocking campaign to make people aware of how dangerous dirty water is for children.

 Around 200 children die every day because of water-related diseases. The most common diseases among them are: yellow fever, salmonella, malaria, cholera, typhoid, dengue, dysentery. All of them affect the global poor, especially. Everyone can support UNICEF to save children from water-related diseases. It is possible to purchase a bottle of water in Dirty Water Vending Machine. Offered water has few flavors that represent water-related diseases mentioned above. 1$, price of one bottle purchase, is enough to provide 40 days of portable water for 1 child.


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