Stella is one of my newest friends. She’s going to turn 4 years old soon and she’s starting school Monday, Jan. 5. It’s a new school year for her. She goes to school at the CBSM school in Kimilili, Kenya. (Community Breakthrough Support Mission, it’s an orphanage.)
Kimilili is a town right about on the equator [...]
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Clean water can help more than thirst it seems.
British inventor Josh Silver has come up with a design for glasses with water filled lenses. The wearer can adjust the lenses to his liking without the need for an eye specialist. Opticians are one in a million people in Africa. So the glasses are a big [...]
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Hope you all have been enjoying holidays. May you enjoy prosperity and clean water in 2009.
Here’s my last water post of the year. Not a lot of comment. The slide show does a good job of speaking for itself.
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I’m filing this under “We Got Enough Smarts, Do We Have Enough Willpower?” in my clean water files. Here’s a fifth grader who has some interesting ideas about clean water. His mom blogged about him on Peachy Green:
Matt’s invention is designed to help clean up rivers . . . He has come up with a [...]
Nigeria could be one of the wealthiest countries in the world. There is plenty of money to provide clean water and sanitation. It is not a question of affording clean water. They have the means. Or some do.
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LDS Philanthropies Humanitarian Services Clean Water Fund has a unique, and I think superior, approach to providing access to clean water.
Two features I like:
Local communities take part in planning, building and maintaining the water projects.
No administrative costs, no fund raising costs- all donated money goes to build water projects.
From the Clean Water Fund webpage:
Working with [...]
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The death toll in Zimbabwe’s recent cholera outbreak is over 500. The water borne disease has claimed victims throughout the country. Nearly 11,000 people have been infected in the past few weeks. Remote areas report a fatality rate up to 30%. Neighboring Botswana and South Africa are poised to be next.
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Providing for the basic need of clean water is a primary responsibility of any government. I applaud Dr. Derek Sikua, a leader of a developing nation who understands good government.
New Zealand’s Scoop Independent News posted this:
Friday, 28 November 2008, 10:39 am
Press Release: Solomon Islands Government
PM Says Gov’t Committed To Provide Greater Access To Clean Water [...]
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What are you thankful for? It’s the question of the week. Answer the question and help clean water efforts.
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You pedal, it pumps water from the storage tank in the back through a filter to the container in the front. It keeps the purified water in a closed container, maintaining its integrity and making it easy to use.
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