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Ablution block and Kitchen for 500 in Nairobi Slum

Kenya,

Technology

This project will provide 500 residents of a Nairobi slum with access to toilets, showers and safe cooking facilities.

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	$11 - Access for one person to a hot shower at least once a week
	$17 - Access for one person to toilets, urinals and wash basins on an as-needed basis.
	$100 - Daily Access for one person to a safe cookstove.
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Help Rural Ethiopians Improve Access to Water

Ethiopia,

Environment

This project is helping more than 30,000 villagers improve their use of existing water resources. It is rehabilitating natural springs and building wells for better access to clean drinking water.

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	$25 - Provides 8 women with supplies for water purification.
	$50 - Provides 5 families with fuel-efficient (as well as cost- and time-efficient) cooking stoves to reserve natural resources.
	$100 - Helps build a hand-dug well for household farming.
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Bring Safe Drinking Water to Bangladeshi Children

Bangladesh,

Health

Imagine discovering the water your child drinks contains arsenic. This is what the community of Billi discovered. Help Billi build and maintain a water system and save their children’s lives.

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	$20 - One child will have access to safe, clean drinking water.
	$100 - 130 children will get hygiene/sanitation lessons for two months.
	$250 - 5 families will have materials to construct a household latrine.
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Supplying Critical Water for Haitian Hospital

Haiti,

Health

Increase and improve the hospital's water supply by drilling a second well. This is a collaborative project between U.S. water engineers and workers from the Cap-Haitien community.

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	$5,000 - Equipment and materials shipping.
	$7,000 - Well house to protect well and associated equipment.
	$7,500 - Pipe from well to storage tank, routed to avoid wastewater sources and biowaste piles.
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Ensure the rights of China’s children

China,

Democracy and Governance

The most proven way to ensure legal rights is to provide people with attorneys at the time of arrest. We will train 100 Chinese defenders, promote their services, and link them with those in need.

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	$25 - Prints and distributes 25 legal rights posters, creating an informed citizenry
	$350 - Trains 1 attorney who can defend up to 100 cases per year
	$1,000 - Buys 1 computer that defenders can use to reach more clients and improve productivity
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Water & Sanitation ensure 2000 Kenyan girls learn

Kenya,

Women and Girls

Over 4000 children (mostly girls) attend and complete schools because of better water and sanitation. Over 1000 more kids have come to already overcrowded schools, following post election skirmishes.

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	$50 - provides 1 orphaned girl with sanitary ware, hygiene training for a year
	$100 - provides 2 orphaned girls with sanitary ware, hygiene training for a year
	$1,000 - provides 25 girls or 30 boys with one complete toilet unit with handwash
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Bringing clean water to 13,000 people in Vietnam

Vietnam,

Health

This project provides 13,326 rural residents in three Vietnamese villages with access to clean water, which will greatly improve their hygienic and sanitary conditions.

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	$20 - Supplies one person in Vietnam a lifetime of clean water.
	$100 - Provides clean, safe drinking water for a family of five for a lifetime
	$300 - Provides15 people with clean, safe water for a lifetime
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PlayPump® Water System: Bringing Water to the Poor

Mozambique,

Health

We will bring clean drinking water to the poor in Mozambique via a next-generation water pump, the PlayPump® Water System: a merry-go-round water pump powered by play with a decade of maintenance.

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	$36 - Access to clean water for 6 people for ten years.
	$60 - Access to clean water for 10 people for ten years.
	$14,000 - Purchase an entire PlayPump® water system for a village.
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