Campaign "Let's Do It!" - a grassroot initiative to clean up the country from illegal waste in just one day. There was over 10 000 tons of illegal waste lying around all over Estonia and it was an outrageous plan -- to clean it all up on one day! More than 600 volunteers were working to make it all happen with only 3 full-time employees. On May 3, 2008 with help of 50 000 volunteers more than 10 000 tons of garbage gathered and Estonia was cleaned up from illegal waste. http://www.teeme2008.ee Next project is: look www.minueesti.ee ( less )

The PlayPump water system is a children's merry-go-round attached to a water pump, a raised storage tank, an easy-to-use faucet, and four billboards surrounding the tank. The life-changing invention can provide easy access to clean drinking water, lead to improvements in health, education, gender equality, and economic development, and bring joy to children. The PlayPump water system provides an environmentally-friendly and sustainable supply of clean drinking water with ten years of guaranteed maintenance. Help us bring joy and access to clean drinking water to children and families in Africa. Together, we can make a difference. PlayPumps International's mission is help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa ( less )

Choose to make water your only beverage for 40 Days between February 17 - April 3 to help Blood:Water Mission provide clean water for people in Africa who don't have a choice. ( less )

In light of World Water Day, March 22, Lenny Kravitz lends his voice to the global cause and goal that is access to clean water and adequate sanitation for all. UNICEF and its partners are constantly working to help save and improve the lives of millions of children and their families around the world, who die unfairly due to a lack of access to these basic resources. So far, the world has met the Millennium Development Goal for drinking water, with 89 per cent of the global population now with access. However, that still leaves over 780 million people without access. In addition, around 2.5 billion people - almost half the developing world's population -- lack access to improved sanitation. Visit  http://www.unicef.org.au for more information. ( less )

This video shows the International Federation Global Water and Sanitation Initiative (GWSI) in action at the Zambia Red Cross Society "Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Project" In our world today: • more than one billion people do not have access to clean water; • over two billion people do not have adequate sanitation facilities; • some four million people die each year from diseases associated with the lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene • 4,000 children under five years old die every day from those same associated diseases. Added to this, in times of disaster and crises, the urgency to meet basic water and sanitation needs saves lives, reduces diseases and restores dignity. The overall water and sanitation challenge is best expressed in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular goals 2, 3, 4 and 7, which have water and sanitation components. Our response is therefore to set our targets as a contribution to meeting those goals. The Global Water and Sanitation Initiative (GWSI) Over the last ten years, the International Federation has established and consolidated a water and sanitation vision, policy and capacity to better address two principle global challenges. 1. Acute water and sanitation challenges, mostly related to crises and disasters, where there is the urgency to provide basic needs to save lives, contain or reduce health threats and restore dignity. 2. Chronic water and sanitation challenges, mostly related to the fact that still a large proportion of the world's poor do not have access to adequate safe water and sanitation, causing death, disease and loss of productivity. Around four million people die every year as a result of poor water and sanitation access; many are children under five years of age. The GWSI outlines a common approach among National Societies to establish larger-scale, longer-term sustainable water and sanitation programs to contribute more effectively in meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The GWSI, in combination with the MDG initiative and the launch of a second UN decade for water (2005-2015), intends to generate more available resources for Red Cross and Red Crescent water and sanitation projects. During this time, the International Federation plans to target at least an additional five million vulnerable people worldwide. More information:  http://www.ifrc.org/what/health/water/  http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ ( less )

Without clean water, people's lives are in constant danger. Drinking dirty water can be deadly and the daily search for this precious resource wastes countless lives. www.cafod.org.uk/lent Right now, you have a unique opportunity to help families like Judith and Zimi in our video because CAFOD has been awarded UK Aid Match funding. This means that the Government will match pound-for-pound every gift you send in response to our Lent Appeal.  http://www.cafod.org.uk/give Watch our video to see how life in Judith and Zimi's village has improved since CAFOD came to help. Their community now benefits from better sanitation, better health and better prospects. ( less )

In February 2010, Thames Water's Chief Operating Officer, Steve Shine and Head of Communications, Jayne Farrin visited Tanzania to witness first hand how the charity WaterAid are planning to use the £630,000 raised by Thames Water at its 2009 Love Water Ball. In Tanzania, 70 per cent of the rural population and 30 per cent of urban dwellers have no access to safe water. Diarrhoea accounts for more than 20 per cent of infant deaths. They spent four days visiting local communities in the Dodoma region who are yet to benefit from WaterAid's support. They also spent one day visiting communities near Dar es Salaam who now have access to clean water and sanitation. They've created a video of their trip to show what life is like without clean water and safe sanitation and how WaterAid's work is saving lives. Visit the Thames Water website to learn more about our trip to Tanzania.  http://www.thameswater.co.uk/tanzania ( less )

Water scarcity in Africa and the effort to provide clean drinking water For more information, please visit: http://thewaterproject.org/ ( less )

For charity: water, 2011 was a whirlwind of excitement, compassion, progress, innovation, fun and impact. This year, we more than doubled our growth and raised enough to serve our two millionth person with clean, safe drinking water. We celebrated our fifth anniversary by thanking as many of our amazing fundraisers and supporters as we possibly could. We grew as a staff in NYC and also built the capacity of our partners in the field. And we hosted our biggest event ever, raising $2.6 million in one night. Thank you for joining our story. For more information, please visit:  http://www.charitywater.org/ ( less )

健康空氣行動由去年八月起，開始「多一個簽名 多一片清新空氣」的簽名行動，鼓勵市民簽署請願書，促請特區盡快改善空氣質素。 健康空氣行動行政總裁Joanne Ooi趁施政報告公布前，連同一批小朋友，昨天到環境局向邱騰華遞交二萬五千名市民的願望。為配合行動，一架寓意市民肺部深受路邊污濁空氣影響的黑貨車，前往環境局前，早­上繁忙時間起，在將軍澳、銅鑼灣、灣仔、中環以及旺角一帶行駛，沿途吸引大量市民注視，增加市民對空氣污染的關注。 Last year, Clean Air Network launched its "Clean Up the Air One Signature at a Time" campaign which encouraged Hong Kong residents to speak out about air pollution by signing the Petition for Clean Air. The Petition were delivered to Edward Yau's office yesterday by CAN CEO, Joanne Ooi, and a group of children. ( less )