SEDGWICK — When Americans walk into the kitchen and turn on the
faucet, we take it for granted our glass will immediately be
filled with cool, clean water.However, for more than 800 million
people across the globe, finding clean water isn’t this easy.
Every 18 seconds, a child dies due to a lack of clean water, and
the water crisis claims more lives annually than all global wars
and violence combined.It was an issue that was laying heavily on
the heart of Joe Uhlman of Sedgwick. He said many times in Third
World countries, children may walk up to 10 miles twice a day
just to collect dirty water from stagnant pools — water that
will eventually make them sick.“It was really depressing,” he
said. “They know it’s bad, but there’s nothing else.”That’s why
Uhlman decided to start his own charity called “Waterfull.” The
Sedgwick-based charity has been in operation since March of this
year, and it seeks to drill wells for people who have no access
to clean water.While traditional charities rely on donations,
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