Tap Project Mission Statement

 

It's our single most bountiful resource. Yet, water is a daily privilege millions take for granted. The little known truth is that lack of clean and accessible drinking water is the second largest worldwide killer of children under five.

 

To address this situation, UNICEF has developed the Tap Project, a campaign that celebrates the clean and accessible tap water available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF provide safe drinking water to children around the world.

 

The Tap Project in New Zealand.

 

Last year, 118 restaurants, cafes and their patrons across New Zealand helped make the inaugural Tap Project a success.

 

The money raised in Tap Week 2008 contributed to many life-saving water projects in Tanzania. For Tap Project 2009, we will raise funds for water projects in Laos.

 

INDIA: A woman and a girl draw water from a pump set up in a tent camp for people displaced by the tsunami in the seaside village of Mudtukadu.
UNICEF/ HQ05-0491/Ami Vitale

 

Currently, UNICEF provides access to safe water and sanitation facilities while promoting safe hygiene practices in more than 90 countries. By 2015, UNICEF's goal is to reduce the number of people without safe water and basic sanitation by 50 percent.