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Seasons Greeting Card, New Video with President Clinton, and off to Kilimanjaro
This is my last blog entry for the year.In order to wish you a happy holiday season and to thank you for supporting our efforts, we’ve created a special electronic greeting card.It’s definitely a one of a kind and I’m willing to bet it’s the first you’ve ever seen using flocculat...
December 22, 2009 at 8:38am
Susan Fahuna
Susan Fahuna
Good job Spencer!
December 22, 2009 at 4:04pm
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Getting Ready for Summit on Summit: Kilimanjaro and seeing that Water is a Woman’s Issue
It’s my last day in Tanzania this trip. I’ll return in early January for Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro. Last night I went for a run in Arusha as part of my training for the hike, and the altitude made it pretty tough to breathe. Right afterwards, Mt Kilimanjaro peaked out of the clouds. It...
December 18, 2009 at 9:49am
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Meeting "God's blessing" and wondering about random connections
Do you sometimes wonder how random events and connections seem to lead you to the place that you’re supposed to go? Well they seem to happen all the time to me in my job leading the Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program. I’m learning to go with the flow. That...
December 11, 2009 at 12:17pm
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From Despair to Hope among the Maasai
I’m back  with the Maasai prior to the Summit on the Summit Kilimanjaro.  Our work here will continue long after the climb of Mt Kilimanjaro has come and gone, but it will be great to help put a focus on the global water crisis and the practical and cost-effective solutions to address the cri...
December 7, 2009 at 6:34pm
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The Maasai of Tanzania
I’m in Tanzania visiting several new programs in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  I'll be returning to Tanzania with Jessica Biel, Kenna, Alexandra Cousteau, Isabel Lucas, Kick Kennedy and the rest of the Summit on the Summit climbers  in January. ...
December 7, 2009 at 6:34pm
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CSDW Honored with 2009 Humanitarian Award by Action Against Hunger.
The P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water program was honored with the 2009 Humanitarian Award from Action Against Hunger.  You may have heard of this well-known humanitarian group by their French name,  Action contre la Faim, or ACF. ...
December 7, 2009 at 6:34pm
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From Despair to Hope among the Maasai
I’m back with the Maasai prior to the Summit on the Summit Kilimanjaro. ...
December 3, 2009 at 2:15pm
Connie Naber
Connie Naber
Nice work Greg....and a little reminder of home with the Cincinnati t-shirt
December 3, 2009 at 6:30pm
LaChandra Montgomery
LaChandra Montgomery
The PUR CR-5000 Two-Stage Flavor Options Pitcher purifies your tap water and lets you add an optional burst of fresh fruit flavor to your glass. The pitcher showcases an innovative two-step purification system that removes 99.9% of common water contaminates, like lead and chloride, as well as microbiological cysts, such as cryptosporidium and giardia. The pitcher holds up to seven eight-ounce glasses of water, allowing you share the benefits of pure, tasty water with guests and family.
December 7, 2009 at 10:44am
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The Maasai of Tanzania
I’m in Tanzania visiting several new programs in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  I'll be returning to Tanzania with Jessica Biel, Kenna, Alexandra Cousteau, Isabel Lucas, Kick Kennedy and the rest of the Summit on the Summit climbers  in January. ...
November 25, 2009 at 7:45am
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CSDW Honored with 2009 Humanitarian Award by Action Against Hunger.
The P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water program was honored with the 2009 Humanitarian Award from Action Against Hunger. You may have heard of this well-known humanitarian group by their French name, Action contre la Faim, or ACF. I attended their annual gala in New York City to accept the award...
November 23, 2009 at 11:11am
LaChandra Montgomery
LaChandra Montgomery
Action Against Hunger is already providing PUR along with the nutrition therapy Plumpy Nut to malnourished children in south Sudan. I recently visited similar work in Ethiopia where CARE and UNICEF are providing PUR along with nutrition therapy
December 7, 2009 at 10:45am
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Food for the Hungry’s Good Water Program in Maru, Kenya and Budding Romance
I leave Nairobi early in the morning to travel to Meru, Kenya. We crawl through traffic in downtown Nairobi in the morning rush hour and then past the industrial area of Thika. The countryside opens up after about an hour to reveal the farm lands...
November 20, 2009 at 11:23am
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Working with Project HOPE in Korangi
During Keith’s August trip to Pakistan, he also visited with one of our social market partners in Karachi. The guest blog entry below, describes his visit with Project HOPE to see their Children’s Safe Drinking Water work in Korangi. W...
November 16, 2009 at 10:58am
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Mama Juliana, Mzungu, and an Elder Water Giver
I’m in coastal Kenya with World Vision to help kick-off a program to provide the PUR packets in schools and communities in four of World Vision’s area development programs (ADPs). We...
November 13, 2009 at 12:22pm
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Providing water to displaced people in Pakistan
Introduction:Keith Zook, my good friend and long time second in command on P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water program, traveled to Pakistan in August to work with our production plant and social market and disaster relief partners. Th...
November 9, 2009 at 8:34am
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PSI and FHI Providing Safe Drinking Water for Families with HIV/AIDS
We’ve learned that safe drinking water is critical for people who have HIV/AIDS because they are prone to opportunistic infections from contaminated water that can make them persistently sick and can be fatal. ...
November 6, 2009 at 9:17am
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