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Pledge to Bring Clean Water AND Children's Laughter to Rural Africa
Sponsored by: PlayPumps InternationalAccess to clean water is a very serious problem for more than one billion people. But this doesn't have to be the case. This holiday season, you can help children in Africa have fun and be healthy. The PlayPump International water system pumps clean water while children play on a merry-go-round.
Did you know that water-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world? And did you also know that:
Pledge your support to bring clean, safe water AND the sound of children's laughter to impoverished areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Did you know that water-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the world? And did you also know that:
- The average person in rural Africa must walk five miles to the nearest water source;
- Girls and women spend a total of over 200 million hours per day collecting water from often polluted sources; and
- The average five-gallon container of water weighs about 40 pounds.
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We signed the “Pledge to Bring Clean Water AND Children's Laughter to Rural Africa” petition!
# 200:
12:14 pm PST, Dec 12,
Jessica Caviness, California
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12:14 pm PST, Dec 12,
John Visher, California
not sure who sees this petition, but let's fund this instead of the iraq war and the us war profiteers.
not sure who sees this petition, but let's fund this instead of the iraq war and the us war profiteers.
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12:14 pm PST, Dec 12,
Rebecca Longardner, Ohio
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Wendy Eames, Texas
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Kristen Boccumini, New Jersey
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Roxanne Acosta, Florida
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Peter Markowitz, New York
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Catherine Gauthier-Campbell, California
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PETER PRICE, California
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Sonia Balsky, California
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Prudence McCool, Missouri
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Katrina Cheung, New Jersey
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Brand Shelton, Arizona
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Jennifer Cooper, Virginia
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Carolyn Neal, Texas
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Sammantha Lyle, Indiana
What a wonderful idea!How terribly difficult life is for these people.
What a wonderful idea!How terribly difficult life is for these people.
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Gina Seippel, Virginia
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Lynette Chasen, California
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Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Please help these people better their lives in this most important and simple way. Woman can free their time to work in co-ops and prepare better meals, raising happier, healthier children. There is no good life without clean water.
Please help these people better their lives in this most important and simple way. Woman can free their time to work in co-ops and prepare better meals, raising happier, healthier children. There is no good life without clean water.
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Robert L Foley Jr, Massachusetts
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Kerry Brooks, Ohio
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Michele Bommarito, Florida
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Eric Hirsch, New York
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Rosemary ODay, Massachusetts
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MELODEE SMITH, Wisconsin
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Rachele Huennekens, Virginia
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William Gonzalez Garcia, New York
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Michael Schwartz, New York
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Kenneth Clark, New York
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Chau Nguyen, California
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Rhet Oric, Ohio
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Mrs Frances M. Cone, South Carolina
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Carole Hoefs, Wisconsin
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Alice Deich, New Jersey
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Galen Madaras, Washington
CHILDREN are CHILDREN no matter where they are and they all deserve to live a full and healthy life............
CHILDREN are CHILDREN no matter where they are and they all deserve to live a full and healthy life............
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Shannon Jones, Oregon
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Guy Cameron, New York
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Sara Fisch, Arizona
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Heather Pharo, New Jersey
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Mark Smith, California
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Brianna Steere, New Jersey
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Sarah Wilkinson, Arizona
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F Martinez, New Mexico
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Yvonne Imperiale, New York