Colorado Environmental Film Festival 2008

WATER FIRST conveys the importance of clean water in meeting all of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at reducing poverty in poor nations. How can we help someone with AIDS if they are taking medicine with dirty water? How can we empower women if young girls are forced to drop out of school because they are forced to spend their days hauling water? Through the inspiring story of Charles Banda, the charismatic founder of Freshwater Project in Malawi, it becomes clear that, if we're really serious about helping poor nations, water ought to be first.