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  • its quite unbelievable that in these times theres still drinking water problems! what i would love to know is what really happens to all the charity money and government funds? i bet theres corruption, arms buying and money skimming long before it gets to the people in need.....thats what i have a problem with.!!! Please tell me im wrong....

  • Just a theory showering without using of water, i was thinking we already drink water and also with food. So showering without using water is sweating it out the water? This can maybe happened if the world water will run out.

  • thats deep!

  • powerful... we need to act now!

  • Yeah, this really is a great commercial. Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity: Water, came to our school just today to speak.

  • I like the music for this what's it called?

  • whats the music for this? Its captivating

  • good concept and execution. ACE.

  • This is an amazing video. Such a great message.

    To all those people who say ITS THEIR FAULT IF THEY CANT KEEP UP WITH SOCIETY...blahblahblah.

    Did you ever stop to think, maybe they don't have what's necessary to get CLEAN water? A lot of these countries are poor and do with what they have.

    I can't wait to see what happens when people like you get put into a situation where all you want to do is survive.

    You really give humanity a bad name.

    Does anyone know if the music is available?

  • The world is heavily over populated. The only solution to the water crisis is to let those who don't have it die.

  • Well, that would be a last resort.

    Did you know water is reusable?!?!?

    Like O M G!!!!

    Dinosaurs have been pissing in our water and we still drink it like O M G. Realize that water will never go away, the quality will however.

  • It seems to me the world is already letting them die

  • Watching this video never ceases to arouse a plethora of emotions. I'm donating again.

  • I've always loved Jennifer. I didn't know she got her start in a Roy Orbison music video. She is so gorgeous.

  • Great point.

  • man, still at age 38, she is still the hottest woman on the planet.

  • Excellent, thanks for posting. How can one get more involved?

  • first step is to buy a yellow container I suppose.

  • This is a funny comment: it has no right to be voted to be bad, when other people are posting comments stating how fit the actress is, This is a film for charity, not a film for twisted 50 year olds to watch in front of their computer as a stain spreads across their trousers.

  • that is way too cool.. wow

    what a powerful message!!

  • i used to live in NYC, and let me tell you,

    that water she was serving her kids looked better than the water that came out of the tap.

  • NYC water wins the competition for the best quality large city water in the country almost every year. Not much point in trusting anything that you say.

  • yeap, now the only problem with nyc water and any other tap water on this country is the fluoridation , that is turning us into slaves.

  • everybody can be helped if the right policy is chosen.There is no need to be selective.There is no need that anyone starves from hunger or thirst.Also,the rich countries should help the poor countries also,not just themselves.

  • She's always so precious, by the way, did u see Postuma necat? can u recognize her in that video? is really or is a fake? from what movie (the old one)?

  • @Postuma Necat

    Wow What a Great Video!!!

    Tanks for that hint!

    "What we become, what will we be..."

  • Why are most African countires so poor and lacking even the basic modern technologies?

  • because greedy mother fuckers fucked them over

  • Perhaps they are poor in part because they lack the very basics. It would be hard to succeed at work when you kept getting sick from drinking bad water.

  • great vid and a good way of getting this point across and i am in no way trying to undermine this charity but it just angers me that why in 2008 cant african government provide the basic human right of safe clean drinking water for its people why arnt these goverments brought before the int community and asked why they can but arms but cant provide a ground pump its time the world started to ask these questions africa needs to look to its self to begin to solve its problems.

  • Cause that's Africa. Simple as that. Africa is polar to North America, North America is a different planet. With things like "Antibacterial Wet Ones" packages. Africa isn't like that, well at-least not the majority.

  • i understand your frustration. coming from a developing country, i can say misappropriation of funds is commong in poor countries where the people who manage to get in power are more occupied in getting their hands full than giving back to the nation. what i'm saying is, when you never had enough, you'll try to get as much as you can whenever the chance arises.

  • good way of getting this point over and i am in no way trying to undermine the good work being done but i just fail to see why in 2008 African goverments are still allowed to get away without providing the basic human right of safe clean drinking water for there people why these government should face the UN and asked why they can afford to buy Chinese arms but leave there people without water its time the world began to ask these questions.

  • People on myspace are seriously writing comments like, "umm , they have chemicals that go through like chemicals throuh a water company that purifes the water.....so people need to wake up ...we need to protest about why permicious sex is wrong and free our right to get high peace"

    and "IF A PEOPLE ARE TOO STUPID TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLEAN THEIR DRINKING WATER LIKE EVERY OTHER CULTURE DID BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE TECH THEN THEY DONT DESERVE TO BE SAVED!!!

    we ruin our gene pool that way"

    Really.

  • The enviroment is messed up in some places.

  • suffocatesilence - holy crap! People are certainly becoming stupid enough.

  • thats exactly what high society people thinks about people like me and YOU, thats why we deserve the fate that awaits us.

  • oh my.... they make a good point....

  • and they are called jerry jugs

    given to the africans to get water

    i really want to go over there and help them physically

    its a #1 priority in my book.

    it means so much to me

    does any one know the music?

  • my family gave 2000$ tho this charity

    because it is a real charity

    nobody even was paid for being in the commercial

    they all did it for this cause

    because it its a real thing happening

    and too many people are too ignorant to understand it.

    just like this one guy said " even if all water sources vanished,people wouldnt stoop low enough and drink that water"

    when its all you have,to live,to keep your children alive,its what you drink..and they live with it.

    while we complain about our "hard lives"

  • Wow. I think its just great that Jennifer Connelly is Jennifer Connelly. Jennifer Connelly. P.S. Does anyone know what this video was about? My guess is Jennifer Connelly's struggles. Oh, yeah and does anyone know what this charity spends on overhead? That's what they pay CEO's and middle management! It's very charitable!

  • first of all everyone donates their time the guy who started this charity gives his life. my son wrote this music and gave it away. now that's charitable don't you think?

  • I know it isn't really the point, but I guess someone noticed that they are using diesel jugs for the water. Yellow=Diesel, Red=Gasoline, Lt. Blue=Water, White=Alcohol, Dk. Blue=Kerosene.

  • In Ethiopia, they use yellow jugs, the do not have a choice!

  • do you think that in africa they use color coordination? are you that stupid?

  • Video interessante e ben fatto...

  • thats so sad...

  • Should we be concerned about privatization of water at home? Or the lack of standards in most area as far as drinking water which many people say tastes "too dirty" to drink?

  • Awesome video!

    Thanks for uploading

  • We will prob have nasty wars over basic resources such as water, clean air, fishing areas etc in the future. Too many people not enough tress. Turn gay now and avoid the rush

  • i missed my comment weeks ago. again the yellow container signals hazardous content. now i understand why yellow color was chosen.

  • the yellow container is actually a "jerry can," which is what most africans use when they carry water, cooking oil, or other liquids.

  • Greatglobalist...

    Clean Drinking Water will stay no1 on The Agenda......But you must notice the proud urbanias where the Regime and thier Protege Lackey Businessmen live louder and over lord 'how is the water condition?' GETTING WORSER! TRIBES BEFORE CITIES!

  • Great Video. I think that we all need to realise that we can help even if it's just by keeping the topic alive.

  • 150 gallons per day PER PERSON. maybe if i bathed in a massive hot tub everyday.

    other than the data i think its great what she is doing.

  • There are over 50 countries in Africa.Not every country in Africa is poverty stricken.Some countries are rich but they have corrupt leaders who care about filling their pockets than the welfare of the people.The aid get to the poor people but by the time the greedy leaders get their hands ono it,only a little amount is sent to aid the poor.That's the major problem.I am African and i neva had to drink water like that.

  • "Let them drink Pepsi."

    Marie Antoinette's great great great great great (several more) niece.

  • You guys might like savetheworldwithmusic.com if you've enjoyed freerice. Gives clean water for answering music quiz questions.

  • agua! need water will work for water will eat

  • She needs to stop making movies that barely scratch the surface on the blood diamond market. See Leviev and the rest of the current blood diamond merchants.

  • Comment Pending Aproval?

    By whome?

  • SplendidDiienter wrote:

    how many wells.. I mean dollars did it take to make this commercial?

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    You have to spend money to make money.

    If you have a cuase, and you are the only one who knows about it, then I don't get fixed.

    You have to get the word out.

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  • how many wells.. I mean dollars did it take to make this commercial?

  • You have to spend money to make money.

    If you have a cuase, and you are the only one who knows about it, then I don't get fixed.

    You have to get the word out.

  • $2,900

  • nothing everyone donated their time for the cause. jennifer , the entire cast and crew even the music was written and donated. if you noticed the ad was not on tv just idol gives back which was donated time for the cause. they're all trying.

  • If you liked this. search "amna jafri".

  • Good video!

  • Good video!

  • I know this is a video to show what it's like for mothers in Africa, but there in New York .. isnt there juice or something?

  • Lmfao. In the about section it says

    imagine if New York City's taps went dry. What would we do? Jennifer Connelly walks to Central Park to get dirty water for her family as millions of mothers in Africa do every day.

    Maybe just think that there was no juice...or something.

    Africa dun have juice that comes out of no where. They get dirrty water.

  • So what? That stuff still looks better than Missouri tap water...

  • Jennifer Connelly is still gorgeous.  She was spectacular in Hot Spot.

  • The charity: money goes to solid, proven, well-drillers already in place in Africa. Contracts are established and money is granted conditioned upon prescribed results. The drillers basically operate independently from the corrupt government, and give the people the gift of life and health. Many of the well drilling firms are water experts from the US who have a heart to help out others who are less fortunate and don't live in a republic such as our USA.

  • seriously if everyone gave $20 think of how much a change that could make!

  • Nice Noble try. I get the point, however, it's corrupt regimes killing their own people in Africa. Even if I sent money it would end up in a warlords pocket. Let's say they do build a well a corrupt local warlord would control and tax its use.

  • idiot?

  • Why don't you state in the beginning that comments need approval. Your wasting peoples time, and the truth doesn't get out ?

  • Until you get rid of all the corrupt regimes in Africa you'll never get a penny out of me. The charity goes directly to lining all the pockets of dictators and their followers. I cant believe that people are so gullable. There has been so much aid to Africa in the last 30 yrs and they still drink dirty water.

    WAKE UP PEOPLE AND STOP DONATING IT NEVER REACHES THE POVERTY STRICKEN MASSES. If it makes you feel good donate, Rhodesia needs a new palace. Can anyone else see this ?????????????????????

  • £20 can give a person water for 20 years?

    What company is that, I pay £200 a year for water.

    Scammers.

  • Food riots, water riots. I was told once by an old Bush Sr. operative, "there are too damed many people in the world, who do you think we are going to make sure dies?" From a man who baught a new house each time one of his three kids when to college.

  • really good

  • wow. great video!<3

  • Sending money as charity is retarded.

    How can you be sure it will be actually used to the purpose described in the video?

    Usually the money is delivered to a corrupt leader in Africa, and goes straightaway to his bank account, or used to buy weapons instead.

    The only way to make sure your charity gets where it should is sending basic food packages.

  • BOIL THE WATER FIRST. You can't serve up river water and drink. how stupid can u be?

  • People in Africa don't have the wood to burn.

  • well it's right africans should'nt drink contaminated and dirty water, And if we donate 20$ each other to complete 1 million dolar they would be saved and drink clean water. let's get faster this period i have a offer : Rothshields, Soros, Dick Cheney who has petrol companies on around the world and multi billioner arab sheiks the costs as 10 million, 10 billion don't mean or get poor you...

  • so according to you, there is 50000 people in the whole of africa that need clean water?

  • everyone here should just stop complaing about america this australia that. Just learn from the video and start doing your part. And if you're going to start hollering complaints about me so be it. I won't care what you call me as long as you do your part to save water and the rest of the world. And that's coming straight from the heart.

  • everyone here should just stop complaing about america this australia that. Just learn from the video and start doing your part. And if you're going to start hollering complaints about me so be it. I won't care what you call me as long as you do your part to save water and the rest of the world. And that's coming straight from the heart.

  • Cant they boil the water first? 100 degrees for 6 minutes kills 99% of bacteria...

  • I clean the water at my local park. The garbage left by humans is enormous. Anyways, a person told me that this year there are over a hundred more ducklings and young birds. Compared to only a handful the last couple of years. It doesn't cost me a penny to pick up the trash, and wash the bird poo out of the water. Its a natural process. I love the idea.

  • Suyu Muyu Tukettınız Erttınız Lan Aha Boyle Su Kalmaz Yalan Olursunuz :) Kıyamet Yakındır :) Bu Dunyayı Dusunmeyın Artıq Kuresel Isınma Fln

  • Suyu Muyu Tukettınız Erttınız Lan Aha Boyle Su Kalmaz Yalan Olursunuz :) Kıyamet Yakındır :) Bu Dunyayı Dusunmeyın Artıq Kuresel Isınma Fln

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  • Bu ne ki siz birde " Mikroplar " ın hazırladığı slaytı (/slaytları) görün... Full Scree yapabildiğin çok güzel ve kaliteli sunumlar

  • Africa and Europe are continents. I learned that on Sesame Street.

  • less war and leave alone the rest of the world coud be help

  • I wish I lived in a place where I could get water for $1 a year. My water bill a month is wayyyyyyyyy higher than that. Why can't we get that deal?

  • wow! a pond that's filled with nestea! so what's the problem?! lol!

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  • People in Belgium, France, England, Nederland,Israel, The U.S. , etcetera should contribute out of human decency for the past and current crimes of your countries. Stealing resources, starting wars to steal resources, involved in genocide to steal resources is just a bit sick do you not think?

  • let them starve

    we are having a population crisis anyway

  • Whaaaaa see what happens to the people you corrupt and rob and destroy.

    The only difference between dirty water in Affrika, and the USA, is that there is not enough ground water to keep anyone much alive in a city of 20 million people...

    So after the coke runs out, you will all have to start drinking each others blood.

  • wow.... that definitely drives the point home....

  • there would be no terrorist strike over water because water wars are a myth there is not substantiating evidence that proves water wars and the continent of Africa holds 48 countries the major country of Dufar where it has seen a massive genocide that is still continuing why we care? it contains at least 12% of the worlds diamond, and on top of that Africa is the most undeveloped market in the world with many countries trying to help it the US should just stay away seing as they are the root

  • ok listen all of you i know almost all about africa seing as that was the debate topic this year and my case was water for the poor act. this video is bad and portrays SOS (spectacle of suffering) now scientist have developed a purification device into the size of a ketchup packet that purifies atleast 80% of the water and only costs a few cents each and it cleans up to 2 1/2 gallons which lasts 2-3 days so cleaning the water is cheep and seings as the planet is made of 2/3 water we have enough

  • When you look at a video like this, you have to wonder how much money actually goes to the people who need it the most and how much goes to advertising agencies, broadcasters, production companies (actors, extras, crew, director etc.), website developing and hosting, taxes etc. Just because this charitywater person says all of the people involved donated their time doesn't make it true. Nobody knows who this person is, they have no credibility.

  • the video is scary. one comment is that the director shud hav not used the color yellow for the container coz in waste management view, the color yellow is for nuclear and hazardous waste. that's pretty scary. they shud hav used plain or white container.

  • LOL retard

  • Africa has huge deposits of natural resources. If they knew how to govern themselves they would not have so many problems. Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo anyone?

  • Wow....

  • This commercial sends an important message that we have to realize.....that other people definately aren't as fortunate as some of us might be. We need to help people in our country and in other countries have better, healthier lives.

  • jen has some great legs.

  • Just a curiosity, how much the CEO or the Organizers gets?? If I have my own money, I rather do it myself. That is just reality.

  • mmmmmm give me a glass

  • Hello brain.

  • Connelly is way hotter in Labyrinth. (sarcasm intended)

  • so you can try that first:D

  • I know this won't go over well....but at what point are there too many of us?

  • I doubt the whole continet is inhabited by a mere 50.000 people. More likely they would be about 500.000.000 and it would take 10.000.000.000 dollars (about 1/100 of a war budget?)

    Sorry 4 my crappy english.

  • are you that guy from south park?

    Next you will say: "therefore, over 15 billion people will die!"

    ^o) LOL

  • id say that 10.000.000.000 is a lot less than 1/100th of a war buget, it cost 27 billion for just 1 b2 bomber !!!

  • Is just th way people live. Everyones unique right?

  • Most likely they would launch an preemptive strike on some terrorist nation with huge water reservoirs. jaja :)

  • sending the money is not the problem making sure it gets to the right people is that the answer to the problem

  • I agree

  • agreed, best way to help is by donating your time. not everything can be solved by throwing money at it.

  • yeah man yeah I know what y talking about..

  • this is only weird for me because i just watched requiem for a dream, and she was in it and played an extremely depressing character

  • sending the money is not the promblem making sure it gets to the right people is the promblem that the answer to the problem

  • agreed, and if it does get to the right people, does all of it get there.

  • here's an idea,obama and hillary take what they have spent on this ridculous race and give the world clean water,i'll take mine with a little bourbon.

  • exactly.

  • Well maybe if our current president or the candidates at a later time can end this ridiculous war we could help Africa get clean water.

  • Jennifer Connelly is so hot

  • Well that's good, 'cause where I live the organisations that actually give 100% of the donations to those who need are few... Really few!

  • Americans can't even take care of our own.

  • that is a positive view mr. March1376.

    Don;t you get it? countries have nothing to do with it...we are all in this together. 20 bucks goes a long way in africa...

  • First of all I am not male, secondly I stand by my comment and if it need not be positive in order to be the truth or hold some merit.

    I strongly disagree that countries have nothing to do with it. Do you think the African government has nothing to do with it's own people's suffering to an extent?

    Feel free to indulge us all on the realities of just how far 20 dollars actually goes in Africa.

  • America can do what it wants. It just isn't a welfare state...

  • No. We just choose not to.

  • No, we just choose not to.

  • true i think americans need to fix our own problems here first

    we are the richest contry in the world yet we still have people starving to death and people who are unable to take their kids to the doctor because they cant afford it

    i do have sympathy for people in 3rd world contrys but america isnt all it's cracked up to be

  • There's a reason it's called

    CHARITY!!! If you look the word up in a dictionary(if you know what THAT is...) you will find that your comment makes no sense...

  • No hon, we just choose not to.

  • This is very good, and eye opening! I have compassion for Africa, or any 3rd World Country that is.

  • yes, but are you doing anything about it?

  • Africa isnt a country bro

  • Yes it is. Africa and Europe = countries.

  • lol wtf? I dont get it? is this supposed to be making a point cuz I know ur not that stupid.

  • I hope you are joking. If not, you need to spend some good time with something called a globe, or a map of the world. Because that is just pathetic.

  • Are you serious? Do you know what a continent is?

    Lesson - the continents of the world ARE:

    Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

    Then you have countries WITHIN these continents...geddit???

    FYI there are 53 countries within Africa.

  • they're actually continents

  • africa and europe are continets with many countries inside them/ for example europe is a continet with the countries france, germany , england and italy inside

  • Africa and Europe are continents.

  • Africa is a continent. In contrast, Kenya and Ethiopia are countries.

  • Michaelas11,you're an ignorant, dumb bastard! And just to think that you could possibly be American! Now, why wouldn't that surprise me, pray tell?

  • africa is a continent comprised of countries. like the north american continent has canada (a country), america, and mexico. africa has way more countries... like egypt, etc.

  • actualy...NO..they are CONTINENTS

  • No, they are continents.

  • No Africa and Europe = Continents :)

  • Hate to say it michaelas, but Africa and Europe are both continents which contain countries.

  • Technically it's a continent filled with small countries

  • LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

  • Whatever we can do to help each other.

  • I'm sure Jennifer Connelly could pay someone to get her dirty water for her!

  • استغفر الله العظيم

  • ppl dont say its their mentality pls,you have not learnt abcdefghijklmnoprst....z by yourself but your mom dad tought you,like wise from the gadget n items you have its easy for you to see and get interested and learn ..not for them ,their parents are as naive as their chldrn are,they grow with a mentality where they dont even know whats right or wrong help them or dont abuse them for their ignorance,build a mentality not say negative thing abt their ignorance,pls its a request spread the news

  • she was good in requiem for a dream.

  • They don't want change if they did they would get together and make wells,aquaducks from stone just like the white man or asians why after 2000 yrs of western culture can't they even build a simple well(copy one), they are to darn stupid or lazy, put a white man or asian there and within a week there be plumbing. They purley lack the drive to improve their standard of living, sorry but it is not racist when it is the simple truth. Sorry but even with our Aussie Aboriginals it is the same story.

  • Your lack of comprehension of the word "racist" doesn't surprise me.

  • Excuse me you idiot. I have been to Africa 4 times. they have wells ( and plumbing) but what does wells and plumbing do when the water is contaminated you racist pig. learn something you backwoods hillbilly.

  • I was implying more then just wells, I was trying to impress the point that for 2000 yrs they are not progressing and it is not our responibility "forever", yes we must help but the help been going on for 100yrs in the form of missions. Suffering is bad, my point is, they are a society, as such "their own masters of destiny yet they fail ever time to provide the basics as race/ethnic group. So the point is giving aid has not worked look for a different viable help, ie train engineers and hope

  • I really didn't know that the ad was about asking for your aussie aboriginals or your thoughts about the intellect level of africans. I laughed reading your comment, actually.And I don't care if they can or can't build a stone aquaduct,that's not the point,and if they had to build one:body effort requires energy,and the only thing that gives a body energy is food,and food is payed and delivered by their goverment,and their government is to feel pity for.

    GIVE YOUR $20 LET THEM BE "LAZY"! <3