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Your gift will allow a mason to construct a 4,300 cubic liter rainwater jar that can provide water storage for 20 people. more Your gift will pay for one hour of a researcher's time to build on current efforts to address sustainability issues in palm oil, cotton, soy, sugar, coffee and other commodities by looking across commodities. more Your gift will provide 6 communities with access to the tools and skills necessary to build sanitary latrines in safe and secure locations. more Your donation will be used to help farmers harvest water that is available to them. A simple irrigation system connecting their farms to major rivers is enough to double their productivity. more Your donation will allow WaterAid to purchase one handpump to serve 10 households, thereby reducing the burden of collecting water. Helping people to build safe water supplies directly translates to improved health, more free time, and a better quality of life and is the first step in poverty reduction. more This gift will pay for 130 children to receive health and sanitation education classes. We are constructing five community spring water catchment systems and pit latrines for individual households and the local elementary school, and providing health education, community development and technical training. more Your $100 gift for a share of an arsenic filtration unit (total cost $2,000) will help protect the lives and health of West Bengali people for years to come. This simple filtration column is attached to a well and utilizes activated alumina to safely remove arsenic from the groundwater before it reaches the tap. more You read it right. Your gift of plastic poop will be used in an innovative hygiene training program in Bolivia that facilitates discussion of sanitation issues. Participants are given a "gift" which generates excitement and interest. When they open it, they discover plastic poop (or a fly or rat). more Your gift will purchase one family's share in a community water system to support small scale production of high value crops like fruits and vegetables. In addition to providing water for irrigation, your gift will furnish water for household uses – drinking, cooking, and cleaning. more Your donation will help NRDC safeguard the country’s drinking water by pushing for citizens' right to know about contaminants in their water and by conducting scientific research and public education. more This gift will provide fencing and/or tree planting to protect a watershed in rural Honduras. This will help ensure the highest quality water for a gravity-fed water supply system. more Your gift will provide a pit latrine for two household compounds -- but your generosity will extend far beyond that! By providing ready convenient access to a safe and clean place to go, your gift will reduce the potential danger to women of sexual harassment, assault and animal attacks during long walks to fin... more |