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• Kasaana People Living With HIV Posted 3 years ago
   Kids were taken out of school to walk up to 5.5 kilometers each day, twice a day, to fetch dirty water for their sick parents. Research has shown that, with consistent access to clean water, the life expectancy of a person living with HIV can be extended from 5-8 years. ...
• We Stopped Cholera Press Release Posted 3 years ago
    In Goma, a city of a million people in eastern Congo-DRC, with 600,000 refugees ringing the city, there is not a drop of clean water. Since January 2015, there have been more than 100,000 documented cases of cholera, with over 2,000 deaths. Overall, in the past three years, there ...
• Report from the Kahororo, Congo project - Two years in background Posted 2 years ago
  He chose the village of Kahororo, in a low-lying area halfway between Uvira, Congo, and Bujumbura, Burundi. It is a Batwa/Pygmy village – really a reservation. The Batwa/Pygmy people are a highly oppressed minority, rather like American Indians, making up less than 1% of the total population, who were ...
• A report on our We Stopped Cholera kickoff Celebration Posted 3 years ago
  On Friday evening, some 300 people turned out to see Clay Jenkinson as Meriwether Lewis. (and Seaman the Newfie!) In addition to a fabulous performance (we will have him back!), Clay indicated he wants to support Friendly Water for the World even more, noting that we are "a global expression ...
• THIS is What Success Looks Like – NOTHING HAPPENS Posted 3 years ago
  There – when “nothing happens”, it is often a revelation. While surrounding communities are experiencing disease and even death, when “nothing happens” in the community because of a health intervention, there is much rejoicing. There is even more rejoicing, and a feeling of great pride, when not only are ...