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Water is power

By on March 25, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Think with me for a moment about Chukuke, an 8-year-old girl growing up in Africa. She lives in one of the more arid regions of Kenya. She does not go to school. She had to drop out. She spends every day walking 9 to 10 miles to find clean water for her household. She doesn’t [...]

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A woman fetches water in Africa

Water is scarce…but information is aplenty

By on March 8, 2013 in World Poverty

World Water Day is quickly approaching and with it, countless stories, facts, statistics, photos, videos, slideshows and clean water campaigns. Each time the world celebrates and recognizes something, whether it’s education, health, gender-based injustice, etc., I like to scour the web to find out more information. Usually my first stop is the official World Day [...]

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United Nations Report on Millennium Development Goals

By on September 27, 2012 in From Our Leadership, World Poverty

I just got back from New York City where I participated in meetings connected with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The UN corridor in mid-town Manhattan was under heightened security as 130 Heads of States (including President Obama) participated in the Assembly. A big focus of this gathering was a review of the progress made [...]

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