More than 700 million people around the world lack access to water, an essential resource for survival. Rising temperatures, drought, climate change, deforestation, mining and oil extraction, toxic pollution, and destructive dam projects all threaten the lives of communities worldwide by contaminating local water sources or threatening the actual existence of water, a vital resource. Women and children are the most vulnerable.
Since 1999, AVEDA employees, salons and spas, institutes, experience centers and customers have dedicated Earth Month to raising funds for clean water at home and around the world.
Together, we have raised over $72M to date for nonprofit clean water organizations, providing safe water to over 1.5 million people and protecting thousands of watersheds in communities where we work and live.
AVEDA’s global partner, charity: water, has completed over 170K projects since 2006 and brought clean water to over 20 million people in 29 countries around the world.
AVEDA has raised over $6.7M since our partnership with charity: water began in 2018 — enough to impact over 152K people in India, Nepal, Madagascar and Ethiopia. Each year, this number continues to grow.
Every cent donated to charity: water during the campaign directly funds clean water projects.
How You Can Help:
All month long, 100% of the purchase price of the limited-edition light the way candles™ will be donated to Global Greengrants Fund. With just $15, you can help communities worldwide protect access to clean water, improving their health and protecting their ways of life.
$15 can:
- Provide a year’s supply of drinking water for a person living in Madagascar.
- Provide one day of training for two women in water conservation methods for sustainable agriculture in Brazil.
- Support 100 community residents to oppose a mega-dam on the Mekong River that threatens their homeland in Thailand.
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