200 million hours are spent by women and children every day collecting water.

UN reports tell how in some countries with crippling water scarcity, girls are spending up to 8 hours a day on the long walk for water.

Unity Water is deploying innovative common-sense solutions to reduce the time spent collecting water and to deliver opportunities for sustainable growth and development. By adding the power of technology, the Unity Water GIS team creates vast StoryMaps that chart, not just the stories of each individual, but allow donors, sponsors and the public to see where every cent is spent, while learning more about the communities that have been helped. This is how Unity Water challenges global water enslavement.

Our speaker, Sarah van Heerden, is a creative professional committed to purpose-driven work and ethical storytelling. Drawing on her 16+ years of NGO and media experience, Sarah is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Unity Water Foundation, a movement focused on addressing global water insecurity and providing development opportunities for communities, especially women and youth, by blending common-sense solutions with the opportunities offered by technology. Sarah believes in the power of NGOs as sustainable investment hubs, and is passionate about realigning the narrative in the NGO space from one of sensationalized despair to one of proactive and empowering citizenship.

She is also the Editor in Chief of the Rotary Africa magazine, where she creatively engages volunteers and aspiring writers to help produce content that resonates with diverse audiences. Sarah has no hobbies as she has yet to learn that she can't save the world, and she keeps volunteering to help on committees and projects which have caught her attention.

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