Duncan Goose, Founder of One Water & The One Foundation speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss TACKLING THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS

About 1.8 billion people are predicted to be facing absolute water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations, with two-thirds of the global population expected to be grappling with water “stress”

1. 703 million people in the world lack access to safe, clean drinking water

2. including 115 million who still collect water to drink from rivers, lakes, and other surface water services.

These people survive on as little as five litres of water a day for all their needs, whereas we use in the region of 150 litres of water each day, with one toilet flush typically using at least five litres itself.

Lack of access to safe water leaves families in some of the most exposed and vulnerable areas on the planet trapped in poverty, forcing them to spend up to four hours a day collecting water at the expense of working or attending school or earning a livelihood.

Tragically, more than 1,000 children aged under five die each day from illnesses caused by unsafe water and sanitation

3.Entrepreneur Duncan Goose, founder of One Water and The One Foundation, is available on World Water Day (FRIDAY 22nd MARCH), a designated United Nations observance day which inspires action to tackle the global water crisis, to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Water and Sanitation.

He has been able to make a difference with The One Foundation, changing the lives of more than five million people in the most water-stressed areas of the world, having raised £30 million.

Goose, a marketing executive who returned from a two-year motorcycle adventure around the world, started One Water in 2004 with the aim of raising enough funds to change one person’s life.

The rise of climate related disasters such as floods and droughts disrupt precipitation patterns and the entire water cycle. This is something Founder Duncan Goose witnessed first-hand during his travels through Honduras in October 1998 as Hurricane Mitch, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones on record, caused devastation across the Atlantic coast. One Water together with its partner, the One Foundation, offers solutions to combat these challenges.

Almost 20 years on the multi-million-pound fundraising milestone, achieved through sales of One Water and donations to The One Foundation, has helped to fund crucial programmes in the most water-stressed areas of the world, focusing on Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi.

Duncan Goose, founder of One Water and The One Foundation, is available to talk about his journey and helping to change five million lives, raising £30 million, over the last two decades.

FOOTNOTES:

1.By 2025, 1.8 billion people are likely to face what the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calls “absolute

water scarcity” and two-thirds of the global population is expected to be grappling with water stress

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/shortages-mount-countries-hunt-novel-sources-water

2. 703 million people in the world lack access to safe, clean drinking water https://www.worldvision.org/clean-water-news-stories/global-water-crisis-facts#:~:text=703%20million%20people%20lack%20access,haul%2040%20pounds%20of%20water.-

3. More than 1,000 children aged under five die each day from illnesses caused by unsafe water and sanitation https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/a-triple-threat-of-water-related-crises-is-endangering-the-lives-of-190-million-children-unicef/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20more%20than%201%2C000%20children,to%20climate%20and%20environmental%20threats.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ONE AND THE ONE FOUNDATION:   ONE IS A LIFE-CHANGING BRAND 

www.onewater.org.uk/about-us/

One funds clean water projects in areas that need it most. So far, we have helped The One Foundation raise over £20 million, changing the lives of over 4 million people.

One Water was launched with a simple vision: to sell bottled water in the UK to fund water projects across the world. The name One represents the idea that you can’t change a billion people’s lives, but if you can change just One that’s a definition of success.

Select bottles of One’s water are currently available in Starbucks, Co-op, World Duty Free, Whole Foods Market, Holland & Barrett, other major wholesalers including Bidfood and Brakes or can be purchased directly through One Water’s website.

THE ONE FOUNDATION

https://theonefoundation.org.uk/

Our mission is to support sustainable water and sanitation services to change lives in some of the world’s poorest communities. We work in both rural and urban environments, varying our approach to meet local needs and focusing on providing clean water and sanitation as a sustainable service for all

703 million people in the world do not have access to clean water.

Water is essential for life, yet millions of people around the world are still living without access to safe drinking water with more than 1,000 children aged under five dying each day from illnesses caused by water-related diseases and poor sanitation. Lack of access to safe water leaves families trapped in poverty, as they are forced to spend up to 4 hours a day collecting water at the expense of working or attending school.