Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Meet Your Neighbor: Amie LoPresti Helps Give Water to Sierra Leone
Amie LoPresti has been helping her community provide clean water to Sierra Leone. Learn how you can join her in this effort. Read atGeist.com.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
PR Newswire Release
USAID and Rotary Clubs Join to Provide Clean Water and Improved Sanitation Worldwide. Collaboration merges Rotary's grassroots strength with agency's technical expertise... Learn more
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Rotary Launches Water is Life Campaign
Fishers Rotary Club, Heartland Church in Indianapolis and WHI partner to bring 100 wells to Sierra Leone!Learn more:
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Article: How Psychology Affects What We Give Charities.
Find out why people are more willing to help a single individual more than many in this Newsweek article.
3.5 Mil in Sierra Leone Use Less Than UN Min. of 20 Liters/Day
Access to water and sanitation is limited in Sierra Leone. Over 3.5 million people lack adequate access to clean water, which means they use less than five liters per day way short of the United Nations expectation that at the very minimum everyone needs at least twenty liters of clean water per day to lead a healthy and productive life. Majority of Sierra Leoneans are living on less than two dollars a day and does not have any access to basic sanitation. Very few urban residents in Sierra Leone have access to piped water connections and possess the ability to pay for additional supplies as needed, but hilly and mountainous terrains settlements in the capital city and rural residents have little or no access or do not have the ability to pay for such services. This is quite a contrast for individuals in Europe and the United States who utilize two hundred and four hundred liters per day respectively.
The Growing Water Crisis: Governance Issues Over Access to Water Resources and Sanitation in Sierra Leone Kenday S. Kamara, March 2009
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