Support Clean Water and Sanitation

Support Clean Water and Sanitation

The Issue

Pledge to learn and share the importance of clean water and sanitation for developing nations.
  
* 884 million people worldwide, (roughly 1 in 8) lack access to safe water, that's two and a half times the population of the U.S.
* 4,000 young children are killed every day due to diarrheal diseases throughout the world, amounting to 1.5 million children each year.
* 90 percent of wastewater in developing countries is discharged into rivers and streams without any treatment.
* The average distance that women in developing countries walk to collect water per day is 4 miles and the average weight that women carry on their heads is approximately 44 pounds.

Share this information with your friends and family so that they can learn the significance of clean water and sanitation.  

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leatrice brantleyPetition StarterGraduate: University of Akron/ Nutrition & Dietitics I am a "snowbyrd" living in sunny Florida and for the life of me, I don't miss shoveling snow. I enjoy gardening and last summer I planted pineapples for the first time.
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The Issue

Pledge to learn and share the importance of clean water and sanitation for developing nations.
  
* 884 million people worldwide, (roughly 1 in 8) lack access to safe water, that's two and a half times the population of the U.S.
* 4,000 young children are killed every day due to diarrheal diseases throughout the world, amounting to 1.5 million children each year.
* 90 percent of wastewater in developing countries is discharged into rivers and streams without any treatment.
* The average distance that women in developing countries walk to collect water per day is 4 miles and the average weight that women carry on their heads is approximately 44 pounds.

Share this information with your friends and family so that they can learn the significance of clean water and sanitation.  

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/666749345?z00m=19748191

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leatrice brantleyPetition StarterGraduate: University of Akron/ Nutrition & Dietitics I am a "snowbyrd" living in sunny Florida and for the life of me, I don't miss shoveling snow. I enjoy gardening and last summer I planted pineapples for the first time.

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Petition created on March 2, 2009