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End Water Poverty!

Target: Presidential Candidates
Sponsored 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 worlds 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!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000

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Dear [Presidential Candidate]:

Safe water and sanitation are basic human rights, yet billions of people suffer each day without them. Diseases caused by unsafe water and inadequate sanitation kill nearly 5,000 children under age 5 every day, lead to the waste of billions of hours fetching water�mostly by women and children�and keep millions of people from working or attending school.

The U.S. can help solve this global crisis by directing its foreign assistance to safe water and sanitation initiatives in countries where it is needed the most. Only by recognizing and redressing this fundamental problem can efforts to prevent or cure disease and help lift people out of poverty be successful.

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I urge you to make clean water and sanitation for the world�s poor a priority as President of the United States.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]

We signed the “End Water Poverty!” petition!

# 4,600:

12:38 am PDT, Apr 7, Erika Parker, California

# 4,599:

9:15 pm PDT, Apr 6, Sandra Palmer, California
What if you had to live without enuf water for you and your family, or without decent sanitation? Act as if it were so -- someday it might be true!

# 4,598:

8:58 pm PDT, Apr 6, Lisa Buttrum, Tennessee

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7:34 pm PDT, Apr 6, Marlena Alo, Guam

# 4,596:

5:21 pm PDT, Apr 6, Beth Castle, Canada
People need water to survive, yet some live without it. To live a healthy and productive life clean water and sanitation is needed. Help others as weel as yourself live a healthy and productive life.

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1:20 pm PDT, Apr 6, Nagia Pedotti, Greece

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12:49 pm PDT, Apr 6, Kayleigh Riddell, United Kingdom

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12:16 pm PDT, Apr 6, Julia Miller, New York

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9:55 am PDT, Apr 6, Susan Anderson, California

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8:54 am PDT, Apr 6, Michael Mitsuda, California

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7:33 am PDT, Apr 6, Marni Linton, Canada

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2:53 am PDT, Apr 6, Erik Sjodin, Sweden

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2:05 am PDT, Apr 6, Name not displayed, Brazil

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9:42 pm PDT, Apr 5, Ted Kouretas, Canada

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4:09 pm PDT, Apr 5, Elisa DeLapa, New York

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8:44 am PDT, Apr 5, Stephie Diamond, Canada

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5:34 am PDT, Apr 5, Martina Roski, Germany

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5:00 am PDT, Apr 5, Carrie Schluter, Massachusetts

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3:14 am PDT, Apr 5, Stacy Stiegleiter, Tennessee

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2:08 am PDT, Apr 5, April Peterson, Illinois

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10:56 pm PDT, Apr 4, Kaytie Irvine, California

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8:52 pm PDT, Apr 4, Name not displayed, Iowa

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6:13 pm PDT, Apr 4, Tara Gregory, Ohio

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4:46 pm PDT, Apr 4, Joy Cross, Mississippi

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8:49 pm PDT, Apr 3, Janet Haug, Virginia

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8:25 pm PDT, Apr 3, Therese Plotz, Indiana

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7:36 pm PDT, Apr 3, Kayla Nunez, California

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5:16 pm PDT, Apr 3, Christina Kerr, Pennsylvania

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1:52 pm PDT, Apr 3, Druid Godmother, Tennessee

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1:28 pm PDT, Apr 3, Charlotte Elise Berg, Italy
Water must be public and availible for everybody, it's a human right.

# 4,570:

12:14 pm PDT, Apr 3, Teresita Garza, Florida

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11:53 am PDT, Apr 3, Name not displayed, California

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4:18 am PDT, Apr 3, Ina Yordanova, Bulgaria

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12:37 am PDT, Apr 3, Stevie Miles, New Zealand

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11:22 pm PDT, Apr 2, Marta Zapedowska, Poland

# 4,565:

8:32 pm PDT, Apr 2, JM Aurnague, California
40% of the world�s population lack safe water or sanitation. Every day, 5,000 children under five die from easily prevented diarrheal diseases. Addressing the world's water and sanitation crisis means improvement in all these areas. PLEASE promise to direct U.S. foreign assistance to the poor countries that need it, not just to its allies.

# 4,564:

6:43 pm PDT, Apr 2, Jenni Sager, Canada

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5:05 pm PDT, Apr 2, Jennifer Baklarov, California

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3:55 pm PDT, Apr 2, Alica Siranovic, Croatia

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2:23 pm PDT, Apr 2, Jaycie Loud, North Carolina
clean and safe water helps to keep those of whom we love living with us in this world. it is a must for everyone!

# 4,560:

1:00 pm PDT, Apr 2, AMANDA OREL FINN, Canada

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11:08 am PDT, Apr 2, Sabina Zandvliet, Canada

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6:56 am PDT, Apr 2, Joanne Johnson, Netherlands

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5:51 am PDT, Apr 2, Bel Chan, Hong Kong

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7:52 pm PDT, Apr 1, Paul Girardin, Canada

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5:19 pm PDT, Apr 1, June Snyder, Ohio

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2:04 pm PDT, Apr 1, Eric Brown, Ohio

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11:22 am PDT, Apr 1, Kristina Frazier-henry, Indiana

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10:01 am PDT, Apr 1, Elena Ka, Switzerland

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6:29 am PDT, Apr 1, Name not displayed, Missouri

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