Hey UNICEF-UVAers! I hope you all are having a fantastic summer. As I was sitting here at 1 am studying for my LSAT, I was surfing Perezhilton.com and found a great link that is incredibly relevant to our theme of world hunger/clean drinking water for next year, so I thought I'd give you all a heads up to learn more or donate.
www.giveadrop.com
Project Clean Water is being run by Virgin and the singer Jewel to provide clean drinking water for people around the world who are in desperate need of a safe water source. They're involved in education, sanitation of water supplies, and research in sustainability.
Here are some statistics from their page:
"...some 40 billion working hours are lose each year in Agrica to time spent carrying water."
"443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases"
"$15 can purchase a small scale water filter for a family"
"$2500 can provide an entire village with a fully equipped water well"
Check the site out!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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