Access 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:
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.
The award-winning PlayPumps design is a great solution! So far, nearly 700 PlayPumps have been installed near schools in South Africa, and with your help PlayPumps can bring clean drinking water to another 10 million people by 2010.
Pledge your support to bring clean, safe water AND the sound of children's laughter to impoverished areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.
We signed the “Pledge to Bring Clean Water AND Children's Laughter to Rural Africa” petition!
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Aqua Viva, water is life and without it there is no life. Every human being deserves clean, healthy water, just as they deserve clean healthy air.
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5:59 am PDT, Apr 1,Tori Cunningham, Maine
Water is precious to life. These people deserve clean, safe water in order to sustain a healthy lifestyle and to bring up their children in safety;clean water is a step towards a better future for these people.
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