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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FACE AFRICA to host BENEFIT EVENT in commemoration of
united nation’s world water day
Boston,
MA
– March, 16, 2009 – In celebration of World Water Day, FACE Africa, a
nonprofit organization working to bring innovative nonprofit programs
to communities in Africa, will host a benefit event to raise awareness
and funds for their clean water initiatives in
Liberia. The event will take place on
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at the Hotel Marlowe in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
with special guests E. Denise Simmons, Mayor of the City of
Cambridge, and Nathaniel Barnes, Liberian Ambassador to the United States. Peter Thum, Founder
of Ethos Water and a former Vice President of Starbucks, will deliver
the keynote remark.
All proceeds from the evening will go towards procuring and
distributing PUR to rural communities in Liberia.
World Water Day is an international day of
observance and action, created to draw attention to the plight of the
more than 1 billion people worldwide that lack access to clean, safe
drinking water. According to UNICEF, lack of clean water is the second
largest killer of children under age five and 4,200 children die daily
due to the lack of access to clean water. “FACE Africa is proud to
join leading NGOs around the country to help raise awareness and funds
to tackle the world water crises,” says Saran Kaba Jones, Founder and
Executive Director, FACE Africa. “We are especially proud to be working with a
company like Procter & Gamble to bring clean water solutions to rural Liberia.”
In February 2009, Procter and Gamble announced plans
to appoint FACE Africa as a distributor of the company's point-of-use
water treatment flocculent in Liberia. Trade
named PUR, the flocculent is an innovation that quickly turns 10
liters of dirty, potentially deadly water into clean and drinkable
water.
The organization’s long term goal is to establish
more sustainable supply and distribution networks of point-to-use
water treatment systems. The second method of water purification they
plan to introduce is based on a solar-powered nano-porous membrane
known by its trade name as the Sky Station. Manufactured by the
engineering firm Siemens, the Sky Station is capable of producing
10,000 liters of clean water a day.
Full event details can be
found at:
http://www.faceafrica.org/benefit_event.htm
About FACE Africa
FACE Africa is a Cambridge, MA based nonprofit organization working to
bring innovative and results-oriented non-profit programs that have
potential to address critical needs to communities in Africa. The
organization supports programs that address rural issues affecting
women and children in four key areas: education, health/nutrition,
clean water, and technology. Their initial and primary focus is
Liberia, a country emerging from a
long and devastating civil war. Upon successful implementation of
their programs in Liberia,
FACE Africa will expand operations to
other countries with similar challenges and
needs. For more information, visit
www.faceafrica.org.
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