Today much of the world faces a global safe
drinking water, sanitation and hygiene crisis.
In contrast to easy access to taps and toilets
across the United States, one out of every eight
people worldwide lacks safe drinking water and
two out of every five people lack adequate
sanitation.
World Water Day is held every March 22.
Recognized by the United Nations and the global
community, World Water Day reminds us that much
of the world still faces a global water,
sanitation and hygiene crisis, and that it is
our urgent obligation to act. A coalition of
diverse US-based groups is calling for increased
commitments by the US government and private
citizens to reduce poverty, disease and hunger
by helping to improve sustainable access to safe
drinking water and improved sanitation for many
millions around the world.
RICHARD GREENLY, CO-FOUNDER OF
THE WATER4 FOUNDATION AND UPCOMING U.N. PANELIST
IS AVAILABLE FOR EXPERT
INTERVIEWS
Richard will be speaking at the UN
Headquarters in New York as a panelist during
The Infopoverty World Conference 2012, March
22-23, 2012 as part of a session on promoting
health for all through new technologies. He
will discuss Water4's unique approach to the
worldwide crisis in clean water as well as its
role in training and connecting the communities
it serves.
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ABOUT THE WATER4 FOUNDATION
The Water4 Foundation, a 501(c)3 public charity
based out of Oklahoma City, Okla., was founded
in 2008 by Dick and Terri Greenly (co-owners of
Pumps of Oklahoma) with the mission to not only
provide water to at-risk, impoverished areas but
also, to teach and provide employment
opportunities through their inexpensive pumps
and drilling methods. While numerous
organizations are helping to solve the global
water crisis, no other organization approaches
or executes the process of providing water quite
like Water4 does. It gets the nationals involved
in the future of their home village’s water
issues. As a result of their new vocation they
are engaged daily in fixing the water problems
as well as helping their village and themselves
find new ways to prosper.
Since its inception in 2008, Water4 has helped
meet the needs of over 100,000 people for
reasonable access to clean drinking water in
countries like Haiti, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and
Rwanda. Water4’s 2014 goal is to get water to a
million people. After 2014 with our continued
efforts, we should be able to expand the number
of people reached each year thereafter.
For more
information please visit
www.water4.org.
ABOUT THE INFOPOVERTY WORLD
CONFERENCE 2012
Established in 2001 under the auspices of the
United Nations, the Infopoverty World Conference
has become an event of critical importance held
annually at the United Nations Headquarters in
NewYork. The event is devoted to the role the
digital revolution can play in development
strategies. The Conference over the years has
benefited from the participation of leaders in
their fields of analysis, strategic evaluation
and applied practice. Its aim is to contribute
to fighting poverty with innovative and
appropriate use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT). The Infopoverty World
Conference is the hub of a conception of digital
that goes beyond gadgets and social networks to
the application of digital tools and facilities
to the needs of the poor through the wise use of
low cost and smart technologies. As the world
has become almost entirely connected, it is
important that the benefits of the digital
revolution be made available to those most in
need. The digital revolution also offers
business opportunities for the companies, local
and global, that are able to provide products
and services that answer to the needs of those
at the base of
the pyramid.
For more information please visit
www.infopoverty.net.