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A UNICEF survey found that more than 60 per cent of pregnant women in drought-striken Samburu are malnourished, placing their lives and those of their unborn children at great risk Credits: Producer:Rachel Bonham Carter. May 2007. 2:05 min.

Women are responsible for gathering water in many locations worldwide today. The Nile Delta in Egypt is suffering from a severe shortage of clean water - a shortage which is affecting hundreds of thousands of people, forced to drink heavily polluted water everyday.

Women and children in Africa typically spend 6-8 hours everyday finding and gathering water for their families. This video shows what's it's like for those families, and how Angel Aid is transforming their lives with clean water and the hope it brings.

Across the world, 2.6 billion people lack access to water and sanitation. The world water crisis is one of the main obstacles in the way of human development and of reaching Millennium Development goals. This year's Human Development Report, Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis, tackles this emergency. The credit for this video is by UNDP. This video and the report can be found on http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/videos.cfm

Zainab Salbi, director of Women for Women International, visits Women for Women International's program in Southern Sudan. She shares firsthand the state of women in Sudan. Film release date: Oct 17, 2007 http://www.womenforwomeninternational.org

In 2000, 189 nations came together and made a promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015. Video film by GOOD 2007.

Meet village women in India as they draw water from the local well. Water is a scarce resource in this area. Explore ( http://www.explore.org ) is a philanthropic multimedia project of the Annenberg Foundation that showcases cutting-edge non-profit efforts around the world through documentaries, short films, video moments and photography.