UNICEFs country representative In India. told Peel that the 2 million deep well water pumps used throughout the world were invented by UNICEF In India. He said the pumps. which provide safe drinking water. along with oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea. have saved millions of lives. The Agency for International Development financed the basic research that led to oral rehydration therapy and used its marketing experience to educate parents and health workers. The therapy Is widely used in Bangladesh. and experts from there took It into Rwandan refugee camps. where it helped prevent mass deaths during cholera outbreaks. In its report. AID estimates that the therapy saves 1.5 million children a year.