Tag archive for "public health"

BCBInc’s 7 Day Charity Challenge in Full Throttle

africa, water projects

BCBInc’s 7 Day Charity Challenge in Full Throttle

1 Comment 09 April 2011

Building Community Bridges Inc., (BCB) has 7 days to raise a grand total of $5,000 to support their operations that bring clean water to rural villages in Togo and West Africa. According to the CIA World Factbook, bacterial diarrhea is a very high risk of death to citizens of Togo. Lack of clean drinking water, hygiene [...]

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EPA Enviro-Justice Award for Sustainable Puerto Rico Plan

USA, water projects

EPA Enviro-Justice Award for Sustainable Puerto Rico Plan

No Comments 08 April 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted an environmental justice award to the ENLACE Cano Martin Pena Project, an endeavor that is working on a more sustainable plan for the Cano Martin Pena in Puerto Rico. According to a press release by the EPA, “ENLACE has established and implemented a land use and comprehensive development plan that [...]

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Water Issues in Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan

asia, water projects

Water Issues in Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan

No Comments 01 March 2011

Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia face public health risks and high rates of mortality from water-borne diseases. In Uzbekistan, only 50 to 60 percent of the population living in rural areas has access to treated water delivered through a centralized, piped water system. Lack of infrastructural development and a water quality monitoring system [...]

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Hydropower to Empower Rural Village in Liberia

africa, water projects

Hydropower to Empower Rural Village in Liberia

4 Comments 16 February 2011

Addressing the post-conflict setting in remote areas of Liberia requires a strategy that utilizes natural resources in a way that promotes sustainable development in vulnerable communities. During the first phase of the Liberian Civil War between the years of 1989 and 1996, rebel soldiers destroyed infrastructure in local communities, preventing these communities from accessing health [...]

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Bridging Water and Education in Kenya

africa, water projects

Bridging Water and Education in Kenya

4 Comments 30 November 2010

Why do children have to choose between attending school and spending the day walking to a creek where the water is unsafe? Is it acceptable that children trudge three miles a day to reach water that they know makes them sick, potentially sick enough to die? If children are the future, then solid investments in education [...]

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The Biggest Issue of the 21st Century: Water Security

projects, water science

The Biggest Issue of the 21st Century: Water Security

1 Comment 24 November 2010

Global water demands are increasing. Food security and energy production are major considerations in global water security. Public health and economic development are in large part moderated by the management of water systems. Essentially, the future of the world is contingent upon safe and sustainable water systems. But how is the international community addressing this [...]

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Save a Water Well Save Lives

africa, water projects

Save a Water Well Save Lives

2 Comments 10 November 2010

Rehabilitating broken water wells is an investment in global health, education, poverty reduction, and the safety of women and girls in developing nations.  Water well rehabilitation secures the initial monetary and social investment made when water wells in a developing country were installed. Sometimes, saving water wells could mean saving a life. In Cote D’Ivoire and [...]

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