Think MTV's Water For Life: The United Nations, MTV and rap artist Jay-Z team up to raise awareness of the world water crisis. The site features The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life, in which he visits a PlayPump® water system in South Africa and includes ways that you can be part of the solution to the world's water crisis.

Download our Volunteer Toolkit: Learn how you, your congregation, school or other group can support PlayPumps International with our free volunteer toolkit.

Join your support with the United Nations, who declared March 22 World Water Day. The Water for Life Decade 2005-2015 will give a high profile to implementing water-related programs and the participation of women.

Take the H20 Challenge. Test yourself and take the challenge presented by Water for People and The H2O Project. Drink only water for two weeks and contribute the money you save to PlayPumps International so that others may have access to clean drinking water.

Keep up with the World Water Forum through the World Water Council. Learn more about the "global water movement for a water secure world."

Visit UNICEF  to learn about their work in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supply and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices. UNICEF sponsors a wide range of activities and works with many partners, including families, communities, governments and like-minded organizations to improve access to water.

Sink your teeth into the facts and figures of the water crisis. The World Bank is the world's largest external financier of water supply and sanitation projects, and is recognized as a lead agency in terms of sector knowledge and analytics. This web site provides information on what the Bank does in terms of strategy and policies, lending portfolio, and knowledge and learning.

"Water is life" but clean water supplies are desperately needed in rural Africa. Check out this site to learn how the African Medical Research Foundation is working in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa to reduce water and sanitation related diseases.

See why water is "The Big Issue." The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is fighting to keep clean water and sanitation for all people in the public eye. The WASH campaign stresses these desperate needs in schools and communities throughout the world to prevent the unnecessary deaths of thousands of children from water borne diseases.