
ONE DROP
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ONE DROP Foundation - an initiative of Guy Laliberté, Founder of @Cirque - Ensuring access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene since 2007.
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https://www.onedrop.org/en/newsletter/ 11-02-2009 02:16:12
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Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in schools negatively impact health, attendance, and development among children. Via World Bank World Bank Water worldbank.org/en/news/featur…


"Each year 16.6 million women globally are giving birth in a health centre without adequate clean water, toilets or basic hygiene. To put that into perspective, that’s one woman every two seconds." Via The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


Ensuring access to clean water for everyone on the planet increasingly requires sophisticated systems to make less-than-pristine water potable, or at least usable. Via Times Colonist timescolonist.com/sponsored/how-…





"Considering water as a commodity or a business opportunity will leave behind those that cannot access or afford the market prices." Via United Nations news.un.org/en/story/2023/…



"Scarcity is becoming endemic" because of overconsumption and pollution, while global warming will increase seasonal water shortages in both areas with abundant water and those already strained. Via BBC News (World) bbc.com/news/world-650…





On May 23rd, Circ Du Soleil and the One Drop Foundation unite in an unprecedented collaboration supported by the Presidents Cup to host A Swing for One Drop, a spectacular caritative event as part of the premiere of Cirque du Soleil latest show, Kurios. onedrop.org/en/events/a-sw…

