Abstract
In the time that it takes you to read this page, approximately 60 children under five will die; most of them from malnutrition and preventable diseases. Hourly, that is about 1,140 children. Annually, that is about 10 million lives. In sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of under-five mortality is 172 per 1,000 live births. In industrialized countries, the rate is 6 per 1,000. While many in the West worry about obesity in children, 149 million children in developing countries experience malnourishment. Some people drink bottled water, others drink only filtered water; 1.1 billion people around the globe have no access to safe water at all (UNICEF, 2001).