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End Water Poverty!
Target: Presidential CandidatesSponsored by: WaterAid America
Every day, 5,000 children under five die from easily prevented diarrheal diseases. Millions more children miss school and millions of adults are kept out of productive work. The cause: 40% of the worldÂ’s population lack safe water or sanitation. The vast majority of those affected live on less than $2 a day. They are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and disease, that they have little hope of escaping unless the silent crisis in water and sanitation is addressed.
But strong and effective leadership from the next President of the United States can improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty and make progress on global health, the environment, and human rights. Addressing the world's water and sanitation crisis means improvement in all these areas.
Urge the next President to make safe water and sanitation for the world's poor a top priority and promise to direct U.S. foreign assistance to the poor countries that need it, not just to its allies. Sign the petition today!
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# 150:
11:31 am PDT, Mar 11,
Name not displayed, California
Water is a basic necessity for life and nobody should be denied it for any reason.
Water is a basic necessity for life and nobody should be denied it for any reason.
# 149:
11:31 am PDT, Mar 11,
Georgia Shankel, Ohio
# 148:
11:31 am PDT, Mar 11,
Billie V Two Feathers, Wisconsin
If we would shift our priorities from forcing"democratization" on countries that don't want our "help" or intervention to helping these same countries build and maintain pure water facilities ans sanitation facilities, our economy wouldn't be where it is now nor would these people suffer the way they do.
If we would shift our priorities from forcing"democratization" on countries that don't want our "help" or intervention to helping these same countries build and maintain pure water facilities ans sanitation facilities, our economy wouldn't be where it is now nor would these people suffer the way they do.
# 147:
11:30 am PDT, Mar 11,
Christine Anderson, California
# 146:
11:29 am PDT, Mar 11,
Sharon Lee Miller, Indiana
Water is life and should be available to all peoples and it should be drug and disease free. Clean drinking water is a basic need which every child and person deserves.
Water is life and should be available to all peoples and it should be drug and disease free. Clean drinking water is a basic need which every child and person deserves.
# 145:
11:28 am PDT, Mar 11,
Carrie Watterson, Colorado
# 144:
11:27 am PDT, Mar 11,
Carolyn DeMirjian, California
# 143:
11:27 am PDT, Mar 11,
Name not displayed, California
# 142:
11:26 am PDT, Mar 11,
Jennifer Wynne Arancibia, Oregon
Every day, 5,000 children under five die from easily prevented diarrheal diseases. Millions more children miss school and millions of adults are kept out of productive work. The cause: 40% of the world’s population lack safe water or sanitation. The vast majority of those affected live on less than $2 a day. They are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and disease, that they have little hope of escaping unless the silent crisis in water and sanitation is addressed. Strong and effective leadership from the next President of the United States can improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty and make progress on global health, the environment, and human rights. Addressing the world's water and sanitation crisis means improvement in all these areas. I'm urging the next President to make safe water and sanitation for the world's poor a top priority and promise to direct U.S. foreign assistance to the poor countries that need it, not just to its allies.
Every day, 5,000 children under five die from easily prevented diarrheal diseases. Millions more children miss school and millions of adults are kept out of productive work. The cause: 40% of the world’s population lack safe water or sanitation. The vast majority of those affected live on less than $2 a day. They are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and disease, that they have little hope of escaping unless the silent crisis in water and sanitation is addressed. Strong and effective leadership from the next President of the United States can improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty and make progress on global health, the environment, and human rights. Addressing the world's water and sanitation crisis means improvement in all these areas. I'm urging the next President to make safe water and sanitation for the world's poor a top priority and promise to direct U.S. foreign assistance to the poor countries that need it, not just to its allies.
# 141:
11:26 am PDT, Mar 11,
Alana Davis, Pennsylvania
Not only does water poverty put vulnerable children at risk, it does so to their families, friends, and community leaders. Let not the less fortunate suffer because we stood aside.
Not only does water poverty put vulnerable children at risk, it does so to their families, friends, and community leaders. Let not the less fortunate suffer because we stood aside.
# 140:
11:26 am PDT, Mar 11,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 139:
11:24 am PDT, Mar 11,
Jason Baskett, California
# 138:
11:24 am PDT, Mar 11,
Thomas Campanini, Maryland
# 137:
11:23 am PDT, Mar 11,
Ray Bayley, Illinois
What happened to "first do no harm"? What happened to "children first" and "children are our most valuable resource" and "children are our future"? How about the many ways that stories tell us "let not the children suffer"? We all need water to drink and we need to drink it every day. It must not cause disease.
What happened to "first do no harm"? What happened to "children first" and "children are our most valuable resource" and "children are our future"? How about the many ways that stories tell us "let not the children suffer"? We all need water to drink and we need to drink it every day. It must not cause disease.
# 136:
11:23 am PDT, Mar 11,
Deja Everett, North Carolina
# 135:
11:22 am PDT, Mar 11,
Gina Larson, Wisconsin
# 134:
11:22 am PDT, Mar 11,
Mels Whe, Vermont
# 133:
11:20 am PDT, Mar 11,
Lisa Gosnell, Delaware
# 132:
11:20 am PDT, Mar 11,
Ken Windrum, California
# 131:
11:19 am PDT, Mar 11,
Jeri Bodemar, California
# 130:
11:19 am PDT, Mar 11,
Name not displayed, Colorado
Water is life and should be available to all peoples and it should be drug and disease free.
Water is life and should be available to all peoples and it should be drug and disease free.
# 129:
11:18 am PDT, Mar 11,
Janis Tidwell, Oklahoma
Clean drinking water is a basic need which every child and person deserves.
Clean drinking water is a basic need which every child and person deserves.
# 128:
11:18 am PDT, Mar 11,
Stacey Briscoe, Texas
# 127:
11:18 am PDT, Mar 11,
Susan Rosen, California
# 126:
11:17 am PDT, Mar 11,
Diana Ristenpart, New Mexico
# 125:
11:16 am PDT, Mar 11,
Randi Budd, Oregon
# 124:
11:16 am PDT, Mar 11,
Brett Cloud, Colorado
If water is not a human right, what world are we leaving our children?
If water is not a human right, what world are we leaving our children?
# 123:
11:16 am PDT, Mar 11,
Nancy Conway, South Carolina
# 122:
11:15 am PDT, Mar 11,
BRANDI THOMAS, Utah
# 121:
11:13 am PDT, Mar 11,
John Cassel, New Hampshire
Everyone has a right to clean water especially the children!
Everyone has a right to clean water especially the children!
# 120:
11:13 am PDT, Mar 11,
Kialah Smith, Colorado
ALL PEOPLE DESERVE WATER!
ALL PEOPLE DESERVE WATER!
# 119:
11:12 am PDT, Mar 11,
Philip Paille, Illinois
ALL HUMAN BEINGS on the face of the earth have a right to clean clear water. Some call us a Christian Nation. If we neglect something this basic how can we continue to use that title?
ALL HUMAN BEINGS on the face of the earth have a right to clean clear water. Some call us a Christian Nation. If we neglect something this basic how can we continue to use that title?
# 117:
11:12 am PDT, Mar 11,
Roxy Gribben, California
# 116:
11:12 am PDT, Mar 11,
Claudia Herrera, Mexico
# 115:
11:11 am PDT, Mar 11,
Carol Mcdaniel, Florida
# 114:
11:11 am PDT, Mar 11,
Tracey Sullivan, South Carolina
# 113:
11:09 am PDT, Mar 11,
SALLY MERCHANT, Maine
# 112:
11:08 am PDT, Mar 11,
Bruce Gardner, Nebraska
# 111:
11:08 am PDT, Mar 11,
CHRISTINA STANICH, Louisiana
# 110:
11:07 am PDT, Mar 11,
KAREN WINKLER, Michigan
# 109:
11:07 am PDT, Mar 11,
Deborah Gabsy, Delaware
# 108:
11:07 am PDT, Mar 11,
Nicole Walker, Ohio
# 107:
11:06 am PDT, Mar 11,
Melissa Newman, California
# 106:
11:05 am PDT, Mar 11,
Tarrasa Gariepy, Texas
# 105:
11:05 am PDT, Mar 11,
Sandi Fehr, Florida
HELLO, IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAUSE SHORTAGES, GET IT TOGETHER AND PRACTICE BIRTH CONTROL.
HELLO, IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAUSE SHORTAGES, GET IT TOGETHER AND PRACTICE BIRTH CONTROL.
# 104:
11:04 am PDT, Mar 11,
Alejandro De la Torre, Texas
# 103:
11:04 am PDT, Mar 11,
Lillian Munguia, California
# 102:
11:03 am PDT, Mar 11,
Paul Wellin, California
Clean water fro drinking and bathing is something we americans take fro granted. lets offer the same fortune to those who have struggled so long.
Clean water fro drinking and bathing is something we americans take fro granted. lets offer the same fortune to those who have struggled so long.
# 101:
11:02 am PDT, Mar 11,
Derek Berube, Georgia
I believe that one of the reasons why people turn to a life of crime or terrorism is because they believe the system has failed to provide them with the opportunity to achieve an acceptable standard of living. In this day and age, I find it unconscionable that every child on Earth does not have access to clean drinking water. As a member of the civilized world, I believe we should endeavor to help those less fortunate gain access to some things that we take for granted.
I believe that one of the reasons why people turn to a life of crime or terrorism is because they believe the system has failed to provide them with the opportunity to achieve an acceptable standard of living. In this day and age, I find it unconscionable that every child on Earth does not have access to clean drinking water. As a member of the civilized world, I believe we should endeavor to help those less fortunate gain access to some things that we take for granted.