The Water Princess is a children's book inspired by the life of model and activist Georgie Badiel. Badiel was Miss Burkina Faso 2003 and Miss Africa 2004. She used her new-found fame to highlight the issue of lack of potable drinking water in Burkina Faso. In an interview with PW, she narrated, "In the village where I grew up, we used to walk miles and miles to go get clean water, carrying bowls. During the dry season, water didn't come from the school faucet; since everyone was thirsty, I sometimes could't even buy anything to drink." 

Badiel said she thought walks to the river to fetch water were normal and that she even enjoyed them, not realizing the extraordinary conditions she was growing up in. It was only when she left for her modelling career that she realized how accessible safe water was for some people. During a visit home in 2009, she watched as her pregnant sister woke up at 2am to start the two-hour walk to fetch water. She says that it was then that she knew that she had to find a way to help. She became and activist and, with the help of Peter Reynolds and Susan Verde, co-created the book 'The Water Princess' which is based on the true story of her life and the water struggles encountered in Burkina Faso.

The book is a picture book, made in a such a way that it is easy for children to understand. It can also now be found as an animated film. The importance of the book is summed up in Badiel's own words, "I want to let children around the world know that other children are struggling for something so basic. Children care - they always think about giving back, helping." When children learn to care from such a young age, they grow into adults who care. This is why platforms like Tunza Ecogeneration are so important. We must include children in our activism, and this book does that by educating them about water crises.