JUST ADD WATER

What does clean water mean to the rest of the world? 
Here is just one story from the World Vision Magazine (Summer 2007):

“In West Africa, poverty assumes many guises. Take the village of Kpalang in northern Ghana. Here, both children and adults suffer regular bouts of typhoid, cholera, and diarrhea and often play unwilling host to a debilitating parasite known as Guinea worm. Regular bouts of sickness mean villagers have less energy to devote to farms, meaning less food and lower incomes. Children such as 13-year-old Amina must devote their entire day to the stern task of simply staying alive — luxuries like going to school are out of the question. Children die often and early; those who don’t frequently go blind due to trachoma — an eye infection that can usually be successfully countered by face-washing.”