

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

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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Petition created on March 2, 2009