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- Over a billion people worldwide live without easy access to clean water. Two million
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- of these die every year. And, for many of the others, getting water involves a walk of
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- up to five hours a day. Children who do this have no time to go to school, or learn a
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- trade, or set up a business. And this keeps them in a cycle of poverty.
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- One Water was set up to solve this problem. It is a social enteprise that sells water in
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- the developed world, and uses 100% of its profits in Africa to build PlayPumps. These
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- are roundabouts attached to water pumps ΓÇô when children play, the equipment pumps
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- water into a giant tank. So children can go to school, play during the lunch break,
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- and still take home enough clean water for their families. To read more about the One
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- Water Foundation click on the link below.