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Races for Water
- Jeremy C.---------Portland Marathon--------Oct 5th
- Jeremy C.--------Eugene 1/2 Marathon---May 4th
What this is about
I am running for water. I am going to be participating in a number of races this summer, and I am asking people to consider joining me as a runner or supporter.
My intention is to raise money to drill wells through Living Water International, as well as to raise awareness to a very serious, yet very fixable problem.
My intention is to raise money to drill wells through Living Water International, as well as to raise awareness to a very serious, yet very fixable problem.
Water Facts
- http://www.water.org/waterpartners.aspx?pgID=916
- The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
- 1.8 million children die each year from diarrhea – 4,900 deaths each day.
- Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water live on less $2 a day.
- Every $1 spent on water and sanitation creates on average another $8 in costs averted and productivity gained.
- A person needs 4 to 5 gallons of water per day to survive.
- Preventable water-related dieseases kill nearly 14,000 daily.
- 1 child dies every fifteen seconds
- 2.6 billion people are without basic sanitation.
- 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water.
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