Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink

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Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
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Facts About the Water Crisis
Did You Know???

• The amount of Water that a single American uses
  at one toilet flush is the same amount a family
  uses in a developing country per day
• 1 Billion people dont have access to safe
  drinking water
• 2 million children a year die from lack of water
  and inadequate sanitation
• Having safe water available reduces the risk of
  children mortality by 50
• Water related Diseases are the leading cause of
  mortality

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Statistics About Water

• The average amount of water needed per day is
  around 14 gallons for the basics of health
• The average American uses 50-200 gallons of water
  per day
• People in Africa on average use only 5-6 gallons
  per day
• Every 15 seconds a child dies from a disease
  related from unsafe water

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All the Water in the World.....
If all the worlds water were to fit into a 1
gallon jug, the amount humans have to work with
would fit about 1 tablespoon
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Narrowing our Focus
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Theres plenty of water in Kenya to supply to
everyone, but the problem is the unequal
distribution of the clean sources.
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Imagine having to do this daily
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Too much time is wasted hauling water back and
forth. These people are missing out on their
right to an education.
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PlayPumps
The full cost of the PlayPump and its
installation is 14,000 dollars.
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This pump allows for water to be localized and
for
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Six dollars will give this child from Kenya clean
water for ten years through PlayPumps.
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We have water

• but its miles away.

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The Q-Drum The Answer to Water Transportation
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Benefits

• Holds 50 Gallons compared to 5 gallon Jerry Cans
• Durable lifetime
• Cost of 30
• We Will Buy 25 to serve a community of 2500
• Cost of 750

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Irrigation
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Victory!
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From Service to Advocacy
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Problem 1Water Privatization

• Companies have been consolidating power over
  water resources
• IMF is subsidizing the private sector's expansion
  around the world
• Consequence
• Unequal water distribution and civil unrest

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Taking Action

• Our Congressmen are in charge of the US
  Treasurys capacity to finance IMF decisions
• We need to let our Congressmen know that America
  will not support the devastation caused by water
  privatization

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Problem 2MDGs Maybe 2020?

• Access to water has a strong impact on all of
  these Goals
• The US has been under funding their promised
  commitment of .7 GDP
• Foreign Aid Spending by the rich countries has
  stalled
• The World Bank has warned that developing
  countries are unlikely to reach their targets for
  improving living conditions by 2015

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Where is the Money?

• The report points out that international
  development assistance - estimated at 103.7bn in
  2007 - actually fell compared to the previous
  year, despite promises by the G8 countries at the
  Gleneagles summit in 2005 to double aid by 2010.
• Amazingly, rich countries gave twice as much of
  their income to poor countries in 1963 than they
  did in 2007."

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Taking More ActionHonoring our Promises

• Our Congressmen are in charge of the UF funding
  of the Millennium Development Goals
• We need to let Congress know that America will
  honor our commitment that we made to developing
  nations

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Carrying Out Our Strategy
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Mission Statement

• To assist in the development of a rural community
  in Africa through the investment in
  infrastructure that would provide safe drinking
  water, a means to transport that water, and
  technology to apply water in sustainable farming
• Increasing awareness of the harms of under
  funding the MDGs with regards to water as well
  as the IMFs policy of encouraging water
  privatization

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Our Objective

• To make a replicable campaign model that can be
  mimicked on multiple campuses across the country
• Providing these different campuses with the
  resources and information to effectively
  contribute to our collective fundraising and
  lobbying efforts

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Fundraising Table

• To advertise our table the week prior to its
  appearance, little water droplet cut-outs with
  quick surprising water facts will be placed
  around campus to raise awareness.
• Later on, tables in popular areas like student
  centers, dining halls, and quads will be set up
  for fundraising purposes.

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On Our Campuses

• The first way to reach out to our campuses would
  be a personal experience of a water shortage.
  This would really aid in letting people have a
  better understanding of the problem at hand.
• Events like a battle of the bands could be held
  in support of our purpose as well to raise
  awareness and money.
• Hosting a Water Week to educate students about
  water scarcity in other part of the world

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