Sentences with phrase «of access to clean water»

When Moore realized that many of the villagers» health issues were caused by a lack of access to clean water, he began installing water filters and training people to maintain them.

The movie not only points fingers at corporations, but also looks at the issue of water quality in general and the lack of access to clean water sources that half the planet deals with every single day.

In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of access to clean water, this team of engineers built a machine that converts sweat into drinking water.

The Water Project, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation.

Lack of access to clean water is an issue, and breastfeeding is usually better (unless the mother has HIV).

Without such simple tools, many would otherwise die from a cold, a mosquito bite, diarrhea, or lack of access to clean water.

March 22 is World Water Day, an event created by the U.N. to raise awareness about the importance of access to clean water — and the communities in desperate need of it.

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In a personal blog post announcing his plans, Camp spoke of recent travels to Kenya, where he connected with people living without access to basic services like clean water, food and electricity.

Among other things, the founders have donated portions of online orders to nonprofits, organized volunteers to help the homeless during frigid winters, and built a well in Nigeria to increase clean water access for hibiscus farmers.

What started with matching shoe sales with donations has turned into a whole suite of socially responsible services, including access to clean water, glasses and eye treatment, safe birth services, and even bullying prevention programs.

Clean Energy CV Upgrade, a partnership between Ygrene Energy Fund and CVAG (Coachella Valley Association of Governments), gives property owners throughout the region access to Ygrene's 100 % financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation building improvements to their commercial or residential properties.

This is why we have launched the Archipelago Clean Water Campaign with the goal of bringing access to clean water to 1.2 million people in Puerto Clean Water Campaign with the goal of bringing access to clean water to 1.2 million people in Puerto Water Campaign with the goal of bringing access to clean water to 1.2 million people in Puerto clean water to 1.2 million people in Puerto water to 1.2 million people in Puerto Rico.

This means quenching the thirst of those who spend every day on this earth in a hell without access to clean water and the myriad of other hell - on - earth realities that so many people are born into.

For instance, according to TheWaterProject.org, It costs roughly $ 30,000 to build a large well in Africa that changes the lives of 3,000 people by giving them access to clean water.

And «more than half of the 3.4 million residents lacking access to clean drinking water,» according to POLITICO.

Basically, if you have a birthday in September and give up any gifts and instead send donations to the September campaign, you'll be helping the entire population of the Bayaka people group of Central African Republic get access to clean water.

The movement doesn't act as a clearinghouse for charities, though it does have an informal relationship with Living Water International, an organization that seeks to provide access to clean water for some of the 884 million people worldwide withouWater International, an organization that seeks to provide access to clean water for some of the 884 million people worldwide withouwater for some of the 884 million people worldwide without it.

Stella Artois has helped provide more than 800,000 people in the developing world with access to five years of clean water by selling more than 225,000 limited edition chalices and donating $ 3 million to Water.org.

Whatever the source of his magic, I'm happy to know that this project — which we hope will give Sovu's downstream communities access to cleaner water — is in his capable hands.

This effort was a result of their nine year strategy to provide people access to clean, safe water and conserve global water supplies around the world.

Carefully formulated feed, access to a plentiful supply of clean water, adequate room to grow, professional veterinary attention, and proper handling are all important factors in the management of young meat chicken flocks, also referred to as broilers, and the production of high - quality food products.

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In spite of these excellent results, there remains a common assumption that because mothers living with HIV in industrialized countries such as Europe, North America and Australia have access to clean water and safe infant feeding alternatives, breastfeeding avoidance is free from risk.

If you are caught in a disaster or emergency and breastfeeding, you don't have to worry about whether you have clean water or refrigeration or access to formula to ensure that your baby gets the nourishment — as well as protection from disease — he needs in the midst of chaos.

The use of infant formula or powdered milk can pose significant health risks to babies in emergency situations where there may be limited or no access to clean water and hygienic conditions.

So, if a Guatemalan mom wants to give her nine - month - old a coffee - infused sugar drink from a bottle, I have two options: I can gasp in disgust and silently judge her in my head, pointing out all of the reasons why giving that baby anything but breast milk is not good for its health or newly formed teeth, or I can take time to learn and respect that maybe for this mom, who lives in conditions where there is little access to clean water, boiling water to make coffee is the only way to ensure her little baby doesn't get sick.

Hat, sunscreen, bug repellent, warms clothes / pj's for chilly nights, smores makins» (yes this is a must have), sleeping bags & blankets to make one big family bed in your tent, life jacket that fits really well, diapers (we still cloth diaper if we are camping near laundry facilites), swim diapers (or we just use a pocket diaper without an insert and find that it works really well to contain what it needs to and doesn't bring on lots of water), first aid kit, flashlight, rain gear, a way to get clean water (filtering it yourself or access to water at the campground), snacks, and a good campsite.

HOWEVER, IF infant mortality is high due to infectious diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia, or IF hygiene, sanitation, and access to clean water are poor, or IF the cost of breastmilk substitutes is prohibitively high, or IF access to adequate health care is limited, THEN breastfeeding may be the safest feeding option even when the mother is HIV - positive.

Rural women and their infants are at increased risk of disease, and have less access to fuel, clean water, and electricity needed to prepare alternatives to human milk.

Most every person reading this who has used formula for infant feeding lives in the luxury of an area where access to clean water is not an issue and where, if you can not afford formula, there are government programs in place to provide formula for you.

Corporations like Nestle advertise the superiority of their product in places without access to clean water.

Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices; Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.

If you're formula feeding in the United States, many of us take for granted access to clean water.

Babies who are fully or partially formula fed are at risk if their caregivers lose access to clean water, are unable to sterilise feeding equipment or suffer disruption or contamination of their formula milk supplies.

If you are breastfeeding, you don't have to worry about whether you have clean water or refrigeration or access to formula to ensure that your baby gets the nourishment — as well as protection from disease — he needs in the midst of chaos.

Mr Mahama added: «If you take water, today the whole of West Africa, no country matches Ghana in terms of access to clean drinking water.

Indeed, it is not a «serious business», but the people in Wa,Kpassa,Adaklu,Anyigbe,Adenta,Teshie - Nungua, Kyebi, Ashaiman - Gbetsile will forever be grateful that for once they have been lifted from the quicksand of decades of draught to a solid rock unbridled access to clean and potable water.

As part of this year's celebration of World Water Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one beWater Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one beWater», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one bewater close to their homes, and leave no one behind.

Wu was not the only one to draw historical comparisons, as Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, emphasized the equal «unfettered access» the Founding Fathers had had to the printing press, while Personal Democracy Media's Andrew Rasiej highlighted the extensive and expensive 19th century effort to connect all New Yorkers to a common clean water supply through aqueducts.

A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge the state's efforts to gain access to more than $ 500 million from a clean - water revolving fund to help pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.

The Democrat said conditions on the island remain «deplorable» and noted that 80 percent of residents remain without power and almost a third have no access to clean drinking water more than a month after Hurricane Maria hit.

Madeleine Foote of the League of Conservation Voters said, «This executive order is about one thing: protecting polluters at the expense of our communities and their access to clean drinking water.»

«I urge leaders in Albany to convene hearings so that we can examine how officials at all levels of government have responded to contaminated drinking water in upstate communities and what must be done to restore access to clean water for residents in those communities,» she said in a statement.

«A quarter of a million people have improved access to clean water, and over 200,000 children have been able to go back to school.

He noted the level of access to WASH facilities in the district was estimated at 33 percent for sanitation and 65 percent for water far below the national average and appealed to the partners to fashion out interventions fast - track the process to enable the district achieve SDG 6, aimed at clean water and sanitation.

Elsa Seguinot indicated that she had a lot of family in Puerto Rico, and after the storm abated most of the island's residents lacked access to electricity and clean water.

Innovative uses of science and technology are reducing the digital divide, enhancing human rights online, and advancing access to medicines, clean water, education and more.

States and the Federal government share the role of ensuring access to clean and abundant fresh water for all Americans.

Only half the population of Haiti had access to proper sanitation, and only a third had clean drinking water, even before the devastating earthquake in January.

A recent study in Environmental Health showed that access to clean water could reduce childhood mortality by 1.17 deaths per 1,000 children, which is a large number of preventable deaths for the millions of children who lack access to improved water — and millions more who apparently lack access to fully safe water supplies.