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AGTS News: Board member
campaigns for clean water in Africa
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John Bongiorno (pictured
above left), president of WorldServe
International and member of the AGTS
Board of Directors, presented the need for clean water
in Africa in AGTS chapel services, September 19-21,
2007. Doug Pitt (pictured above right), of Springfield,
aided in the presentation. Bongiorno and Pitt have
organized to raise money to dig clean water
supplies for rural communities in Africa through AngelAid .
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"In communities throughout
Africa, water does not come through a faucet. There may
not even be a water well for miles around. Women and children
spend as many as six to eight hours every day simply finding
and carrying water. The water they do find comes from contaminated
rivers and lakes. It is this lack of access to clean water
which makes unsafe water the number one killer in the world
today."—www.worldserveintl.org
 
Photos by Doug Pitt
Statistics from AngelAid
Africa has the lowest coverage
of water supply and sanitation services in the world. This
means nearly 400 million people (about 50 percent of Africa’s
population) do not have access to adequate water and sanitation. With
insufficient drinking water, or water for hygiene and crop
cultivation, people are frequently left facing exacerbated
conditions of hunger, disease and the loss of livelihood.
Water is widely viewed as key to poverty reduction. Improving the access
of poor people to water resources and services can improve their economic conditions
and reduce vulnerability.
Did you know…?
- The world’s number one
killer is unclean water.
- Every 8 seconds, a child
dies because of unclean water.
- At least 80% of all sickness in
the entire world is attributed to unsafe water.
- Globally,
at least 1.1 billion
people are without access to improved water sources.
- Women
and children often spend 6-8
hours each day finding and carrying water for
their families. Typically
only dirty, disease-ridden water is available.
More Information
- Information
about MajiTech, the drilling company owned
by AngelAid. (pdf, 2.1
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- "Reaching
Wajir with Clean Water," a write
up of a water project in Kenya (2007) (pdf,
48 KB,Download
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- "The
Water Project," a story in 417
Magazine describing Doug Pitt's
involvement in the project (pdf,
1.3 MB,Download
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Updated: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:32 PM
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