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the (future) water crisis

On 12 January, 2010 · Leave a Comment

With 1 in 6 people globally lacking access to clean water, there is already a crises. But the future doesn’t look any better.

60% of the world is in danger of water shortages or contamination.

And here’s why:

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start now

On 10 November, 2009 · 1 Comment

Start making a difference today, by myCharityWater.org

This is Caroline. Beautiful smile, right? She’s smiling because she’s drinking clean water for the first time. She used to walk three hours every day to fetch dirty water. But not anymore. Her village just got a well. Clean water will change everything for Caroline [...]

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killing people while bombing the moon

On 9 October, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I watched a video last night about William Kamkwamba, a young man who at age 14 figured out how to build a windmill in his famine-ravished African village.

He was nearly illiterate at the time and used the inspiration of a picture in a book, and what he could glean from electrical diagrams [...]

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