We need your help to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, Target 6.1, which is to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for every community.
EssentialNeed.org is a non-profit organization and registered charity as approved by the Australian government, working to help achieve Target 6.1. We are made up of 31685 voices from 151 countries and growing daily.
Our corporate supporters so far include the likes of Google, Microsoft, and more than 2,000 businesses have joined us, with support continuing to grow.
Schools and universities are assisting us in educating our youth and young adults in achieving a solution to one of the greatest threats to the world’s humanity.
We are all united by wanting Target 6.1 be achieved.
It is everyone’s responsibility to prevent avoidable deaths and achieve a more sustainable world. Here are some facts about extreme water poverty.
Through a united voice, we aim to get the elected officials of developed countries, such as yourself, to agree with a funding commitment towards Target 6.1.
Most people think that ending extreme poverty will lead to overpopulation. The facts below show that the opposite is true.
With a united voice, we are asking every developed country to match its funding to provide access to clean water for UN's reported impacted people which is 663 million people. Annexure A provides the commitment targets for each country based on its population.
We ask that the funding is provided to accredited NGOs with a demonstrated history of delivering clean water projects as per Annexure B.
Our aim is to get the funding commitment from your government as per Annexure A.
Please email us a publication within 28 days upon receipt of this letter showing your support for this funding request with any extra information that you would like us to publish. Your publication will be posted under Government Official Publications for public information and for presentation to your Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Rights which can approve the bill. Kindly email your publication to publications@essentialneed.org.
In the case that you are not able to respond within that time frame, please let us know when to expect your publication.
For inquiries, please contact our Government Relations team at government.relations@essentialneed.org.
It is our responsibility to achieve a more sustainable world and prevent avoidable deaths.
Your Voice can change everything.
EssentialNeed.org team and members
Countries indexed for having ‘very high human development’ are considered to be the developed countries that we are asking commitment from. The cost per victim is estimated at $50 AUD and recommended solution providers are listed under Annexure B. The formula used to calculate Commitment per developed country to meet this challenge globally is (Population / 2) x $50 AUD. Please note, $50 AUD is an indicative rate and can be different for each NGO depending on the location of the project. We ask that funds be paid to your chosen NGOs through EssentialNeed.org for centralised reporting purposes. The NGOs are listed in Annexure B.
Country |
Very High HDI |
Population (2016) |
Number of affected people to support |
Estimated Commitment in $AUD |
Norway |
0.949 |
5,214,900 |
2,607,450 |
$131,000,000 |
Australia |
0.939 |
24,171,600 |
12,085,800 |
$605,000,000 |
Switzerland |
0.939 |
8,341,000 |
4,170,500 |
$209,000,000 |
Germany |
0.926 |
82,175,700 |
41,087,850 |
$2,055,000,000 |
Denmark |
0.925 |
5,707,251 |
2,853,626 |
$143,000,000 |
Singapore |
0.925 |
5,535,000 |
2,767,500 |
$139,000,000 |
Netherlands |
0.924 |
17,000,059 |
8,500,030 |
$426,000,000 |
Ireland |
0.923 |
4,757,976 |
2,378,988 |
$119,000,000 |
Iceland |
0.921 |
332,529 |
166,265 |
$9,000,000 |
Canada |
0.92 |
36,155,487 |
18,077,744 |
$904,000,000 |
United States |
0.92 |
324,099,593 |
162,049,797 |
$8,103,000,000 |
Hong Kong |
0.917 |
7,234,800 |
3,617,400 |
$181,000,000 |
New Zealand |
0.915 |
4,709,880 |
2,354,940 |
$118,000,000 |
Sweden |
0.913 |
9,906,331 |
4,953,166 |
$248,000,000 |
Liechtenstein |
0.912 |
37,340 |
18,670 |
$1,000,000 |
United Kingdom |
0.909 |
65,110,000 |
32,555,000 |
$1,628,000,000 |
Japan |
0.903 |
127,110,047 |
63,555,024 |
$3,178,000,000 |
South Korea |
0.901 |
50,801,405 |
25,400,703 |
$1,271,000,000 |
Israel |
0.899 |
8,541,000 |
4,270,500 |
$214,000,000 |
Luxembourg |
0.898 |
576,249 |
288,125 |
$15,000,000 |
France |
0.897 |
66,736,000 |
33,368,000 |
$1,669,000,000 |
Belgium |
0.896 |
11,250,585 |
5,625,293 |
$282,000,000 |
Finland |
0.895 |
5,488,543 |
2,744,272 |
$138,000,000 |
Austria |
0.893 |
8,725,931 |
4,362,966 |
$219,000,000 |
Slovenia |
0.89 |
2,063,077 |
1,031,539 |
$52,000,000 |
Italy |
0.887 |
60,674,003 |
30,337,002 |
$1,517,000,000 |
Spain |
0.884 |
46,423,064 |
23,211,532 |
$1,161,000,000 |
Czech Republic |
0.878 |
10,553,443 |
5,276,722 |
$264,000,000 |
Greece |
0.866 |
10,955,000 |
5,477,500 |
$274,000,000 |
Brunei |
0.865 |
415,717 |
207,859 |
$11,000,000 |
Estonia |
0.865 |
1,315,944 |
657,972 |
$33,000,000 |
Andorra |
0.858 |
85,470 |
42,735 |
$3,000,000 |
Cyprus |
0.856 |
1,141,166 |
570,583 |
$29,000,000 |
Malta |
0.856 |
445,426 |
222,713 |
$12,000,000 |
Qatar |
0.856 |
2,545,603 |
1,272,802 |
$64,000,000 |
Poland |
0.855 |
38,483,957 |
19,241,979 |
$963,000,000 |
Lithuania |
0.848 |
2,866,935 |
1,433,468 |
$72,000,000 |
Chile |
0.847 |
18,006,407 |
9,003,204 |
$451,000,000 |
Saudi Arabia |
0.847 |
30,770,375 |
15,385,188 |
$770,000,000 |
Slovakia |
0.845 |
5,426,252 |
2,713,126 |
$136,000,000 |
Portugal |
0.843 |
10,341,330 |
5,170,665 |
$259,000,000 |
United Arab Emirates |
0.84 |
5,779,760 |
2,889,880 |
$145,000,000 |
Hungary |
0.836 |
9,855,571 |
4,927,786 |
$247,000,000 |
Latvia |
0.83 |
1,973,700 |
986,850 |
$50,000,000 |
Argentina |
0.827 |
43,417,000 |
21,708,500 |
$1,086,000,000 |
Croatia |
0.827 |
4,190,700 |
2,095,350 |
$105,000,000 |
Bahrain |
0.824 |
1,378,000 |
689,000 |
$35,000,000 |
Montenegro |
0.807 |
676,872 |
338,436 |
$17,000,000 |
Russian Federation |
0.804 |
143,440,000 |
71,720,000 |
$3,587,000,000 |
Romania |
0.802 |
19,200,000 |
9,600,000 |
$480,000,000 |
Kuwait |
0.8 |
4,348,395 |
2,174,198 |
$109,000,000 |
Click here to see the list on the UN website |
1,352,143,978 citizens are living in Very High HDI countries |
678,246,187 will be provided access to clean water and will become self-sustainable |
$33,937,000,000 (All numbers have been rounded up to nearest Million |
Your government is recommended to choose from the below list of International NGOs which may have a local office in your country to undertake your funded projects.
Alternatively, your government can choose other preferred NGOs considering their admin costs vs their impact per dollar and we can add them to the above list.
We ask your government to make it mandatory for the participating NGOs to add the below details marked with * for every project on EssentialNeed.org for public information in the light of centralized reporting, transparency, accountability, and cost comparison for better decision making.
We use the information in (3), (4) and (5), to estimate the cost of clean water per beneficiary per day. For example, for a project that has the following attributes:
The cost of clean water for one day per beneficiary is:
Cost per day for all beneficiaries: $25,000 / 7,300 = $3.43
Cost per beneficiary per day: $3.43 / 500 = $0.007
With this unit of measurement better decisions can be made, accountability can increase, transparency will shine, public’s trust will be strengthened.
By ensuring your country takes up its important role – benefits will include;