WORLD WATER DAY
Saturday, March 22, 2008
World Water Day is recognized each year on March 22, and this year is the International Year of Sanitation, which is intended to urge countries to stick to one of the targets set under the Millennium Development Goals — cutting in half, by 2015, the number of people who still lack toilet facilities.
World Water Day grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to draw attention to the plight of the now more than 2 billion people who lack access to clean, safe drinking water.
World Water Day is a relatively unknown event but committed individuals are determined to make a strong, symbolic act to demonstrate support for action on the world water crisis.
FreePoverty.com allows everyone to contribute in donating water to people from all over the world who live in extreme poverty. By letting users locate places on the map, their accuracy will determine how many cups of water will be donated on their behalf.
32 Comments
1.
Trouble
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Is this new? Never heard of it.
2.
li
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Love how J.Dakar brings something new to CL….makes you think deeper!
3.
Emily
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Thanks for this, I love being able to read things that I have never heard of.
Keep up the good work CL!!
4.
rahni-fornia
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
very informative read. kudos j. dakar!
5.
Nothing But Love
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
hmmm interesting.
6.
WHYASKWHY
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
2 billion! Wow! I knew it was high but not that high
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Toya
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Thanks for posting this….I had no idea this existed.
8.
Ali
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Nice post, but uhmm how come you guys didn’t post the new Hip Hop Saved My Life Music Video!!?! it was top in itunes when came out, I’d think you’d guys would prolly have it up first
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ashleigh
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
this post reminded me that i have to go pee…LOL
real talks though. good post
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ashleigh
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
ONLY 9 COMMENTS I SWEAR ITS BEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS…
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siro
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
this is so LOL!
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NoMoSoul
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
U know most people dont give a damn about posts like this, no matter how positive it may seem.
Frankly, i was a bit confused after reading the post as to what exactly world water day was about and how it could actually work…lol never heard of it but its cool!
13.
ms_mac
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Excellent post. Thanks for bringing light to this.
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lol!
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
lmfao at this posts lack of comments.Wow! Its amazing how many people come outta the woodworks when its a post about Beyonces lacefront.. but something as important as this gets bypassed. This says alot about the peolpe who comment here trying to sound educated and concerned about non isssues such as the B. Scott post and others…
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2 FOR $5.00
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
So Chung-Guk Kim runs a marketing company?
INTERESTING
i guess we should all get our check books ready for him.
“good post”
16.
Pass me an Advil...NOW!!
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
okay but how about i actually went to freepoverty.com
the game is actually pretty fun.lol…..i felt like a dumb ass tho at the beginning..but what a simple way to make a difference and u dont even have to pull out ur check book..i think i might visit this site every time i get online and give it a go…
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Ayana
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
I’m actually a volunteer for UNICEF and I just spent the last couple of weeks getting restaurants to participate in Tap Project which also goes to support World Water Day. I’m glad that you were able to post about this so more people we be aware of exactly what this is for and maybe try to get involved as well.
18.
Our history is GOLDEN
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
#16
That game was fun. I saved 64 cups of water but I ain’t telling nobody my score! Dang, almost forgot where some spots were, hehe!
Either way, yeah I noticed the lack of comments on this post yet comments pour in by the hundreds for more popular posts. I think J Dakar is doing a wonderful thing by posting this information because I to was unaware of this issue. I think it’s cool you guys bring to the forefront issues America may not show as much.
GOOD JOB J….
19.
ladytroublesome
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Hmm..Can’t imagine not having a toilet to piss in.
20.
ladytroublesome
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Free Rice is also a fun site…
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
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ladytroublesome
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
Chill. Just because people aren’t commenting, doesn’t mean they don’t give a fuck.
22.
Knuck
Saturday, March 22, 2008 /
I helped donate 112 cups! great post y’all.
23.
gg boo
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
thank you @21 - plus it’s saturday, out and about with this crazy little thing called…a life. anyway, this is really a great post with some very important information. i think this is something this is something i could get behind because i can’t imagine having fresh water and a place “to go” when i want to. wow, truly good post CL
24.
gg boo
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
*not having
25.
dee
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
Thanks for this psot, third world countires are in need of this and they need all the help from the people who have and can share. This is a little different from the usual celebrity bs, I also notice the lack of comments on important issues. Thanks Angel.
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Pass me an Advil...NOW!!
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
ok im up to 364 cups…lol
27.
Leanne
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
Very good post. Little things one takes for granted… even in this country.
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28.
GODSCHILD
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
VERY INTERESTING, THANKS FOR THE POST
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MARRISA
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
WHO CARES! .. Y IS THIS ON A CELEB BLOG!!!!
30.
notbuyingit
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
i just donated 157 cups of water i feel good about doing something good for someone else. the game got me wanting to wipe the dust off my old world maps.
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notbuyingit
Sunday, March 23, 2008 /
@29 because CL want us to see that we can make a difference in other people lives instead of always talking about other people’s lives. and it’ not just about celebrities on this blog.
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Jellee
Monday, March 24, 2008 /
It amazes me that with all the technology we have in our world today that there are still 2billion people without clean water to drink. We need to wake up and start taking better care of our people and our enviroment instead of worrying about which politician slept with who, Diddy’s twins and stupid t-shirt, baseball players and their drug problems and all the other unimportant info that floods our meida waves each and everyday.