EarthView, Hersha's sustainable hospitality program, has teamed up with Waterboys.org to provide water to those in need. For each purchase of one of our private label water bottles, we donate $1 to clean water projects. Our 100% recycled plastic water bottles are sold at select Hersha hotels.
Waterboys.org is an initiative by The Chris Long Foundation and supported by a team of NFL athletes with a mission to provide life-sustaining water and sanitation to communities in East Africa. Since its launch in 2015, the organization has supported the creation of over 115 wells, providing water to over 490,000 people.
• Water related diseases cause nearly 1 in 5 deaths of children under the age of five worldwide.
• 50% of the world's hospital beds are filled with people suffering from water-related illness.
• Bringing clean water to a community does more than quench thirst - water changes lives by strengthening education, agriculture, health, and creating a local economy.
• In Tanzania, 42% of the rural population lacks access to water and 73% lack sanitation.