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Young Women Rolling Incense - Clip of the Day

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When water is nearby, it opens women up to opportunity and allows them to accomplish much more. See a brief glimpse of life in India, and watch two young women make extra income by rolling traditional incense in today's Clip of the Day.

Three Mothers, Three Stories (Narrated by Jodie Foster)

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The dignity and strength of women around the world is astounding - in celebration of Mother's Day, watch the inspiring stories of three mothers who broke the cycle of poverty, and found a path to water.

Honor your own mother with an e-card and a life-changing donation: http://bit.ly/10CFguR

One Wonderful Moment - Clip of the Day

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Today, March 22nd, is World Water Day! Celebrate with this family in India as they receive water access in their home - for the very first time! The tap dedication ceremony serves to illustrate what a singular and important moment this is, and you can help make wonderful moments like this a reality for families all over the globe. Join us, at http://water.org

Jason Bateman, Jessica Biel, and Josh Gad Support the Strike!

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More and more celebrities are supporting Matt Damon in his toilet strike protesting the lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation for billions. Watch as Jason Bateman, Jessica Biel, and Josh Gad publicly declare their support, and see how they've fared since pledging "...not to go to the bathroom until everyone in the whole world has access to clean water and sanitation."

Be the first to see new videos about Matt's strike, and learn more about the water crisis every week by subscribing to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=water

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Matt Damon Goes On Strike!

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Support Matt's strike at http://strikewithme.org/

Co-founder of Water.org, Matt Damon, held a press conference to make an enormous announcement: until every person in the world has access to clean water and a toilet, he's on strike. But not from acting...

Join Water.org in our mission to solve the water crisis, and support Matt's strike by telling all of your friends. Donate your voice at http://strikewithme.org/

Be the first to see new videos about Matt's strike, and learn more about the water crisis every week by subscribing to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=water

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In Rajamma's Lifetime

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In her lifetime, Rajamma wanted desperately to be able to provide her daughters with an education. Thanks to Water.org, and the support of our donors, she was able to realize this dream.

Help more women like Rajamma, visit http://donate.water.org

Where Would You Go?

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Just before dawn a few months ago we visited a slum in central India. Many of the homes in the area surrounded a wide open space, about the size of five or six football fields. This field is low-lying and often floods during the rainy season. We came to visit the community to learn about their hardships caused by a lack of safe water, but we also came to document something few in the West have ever seen - the "morning routine" for every member of the families of this slum.

One by one, people would walk out into the field and squat down. While you couldn't see what was happening, you knew exactly what they were doing. Men, women, the elderly, and even children were visiting the field in those pre-dawn hours.

Sadly, they are not alone. One in three people in the world lack a toilet. In India over 600 million people practice open defecation each day. It's not a cultural issue; it's an infrastructure one. Without modern sewer systems, people simply have no other choice. Fewer than 200 years ago the people living in places like New York City and London had no choice either.

Solving the toilet crisis isn't overly complicated. But first we need to stand face-to-face with the problem and accept how it impacts peoples' safety, health, opportunity, and as importantly their dignity.

Please understand the context of this video is simply to show a fact of life. One fact of life which we witnessed one morning outside one slum in India. While words can hardly describe what we saw, donating your voice can inform others about this shocking issue.

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Play "True or False" with Matt Damon!

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Take a short quiz with Matt Damon, then help solve the world sanitation crisis by simply spreading the word online and donate your voice for Toilet Day 2012. http://toiletday.org/

Together we can make a difference.

Haitian Water Collection - Short Stories

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Mike McCamon, CCO for Water.org, recently visited Haiti and saw something in Port au Prince that underlined why we do the work we do.

"Short Stories" is a series of videos in which members of the Water.org team recount stories of their time in the field. Let us take you on a journey!

Water Changes Lives

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Access to clean water or a safe toilet doesn't just make people healthier, it affords women time to learn a trade. Change ten lives by taking our challenge, and entering to win a trip to visit our work in the field*: http://bit.ly/ROTjZG

*No purchase necessary, ends 9/30/2012, to enter and for official rules visit: http://bit.ly/ROTjZG

Stop the Crisis, Share our Stories!

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Share this video with your friends on Facebook, or feature it on your YouTube channel to let others know about the work we do!

Subscribe to the official Water.org YouTube channel to be among the first to see our weekly videos. These shorts, which provide a glimpse of life in the heart of the water crisis, can help give a face to a world-wide struggle. By sharing our videos, you shed a light on the crisis itself, and the hope-filled work that we're doing to change it. By sharing our videos, you can help end the crisis.

Community Latrines - Clip of the Day

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Many slum communities in India have this type of public latrine, which, while helpful when brand new, can deteriorate within a couple of years. By offering women the ability to build their own, personal, family toilets, WaterCredit ensures a pride-of-ownership that will keep a latrine clean, safe, and functional for decades.

To hear firsthand what a diference a toilet can make, watch this story, told to us by an Indian mother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQM7Je4OVt0

Change a Life; Join the TEAM!

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Check out http://team.water.org. Led by Captain Kyle Damon, TEAM serves a community of athletes whose passion for sport is matched by a strong commitment to end the global water crisis. Change a Life; Join the TEAM.

Walking with Water - Clip of the Day

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Unclean Dishes - Clip of the Day

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Following local tradition, this woman from a rural community outside of Nagpur, India uses dirt as a scouring agent when cleaning her dishes. Unfortunately, when she rinses off the dirt, she uses water from a nearby open well (seen here: http://youtu.be/MbhLYoh4pkw) which is likely loaded with bacteria and could contaminate her family's food.

To learn what you can do to help women like this, visit us at http://water.org

Jodie Foster: For Women, It's Personal

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For women around the world, the struggle to gather water for their families is a personal, everyday battle. Learn about how you can help: http://water.org/women

One Mother's Story: Kasan Bai

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It may seem strange to say, but a new toilet can be a source of almost unlimited joy for women like Kasan Bai; not only does the new toilet mean safety for her and her daughters, it also means a joyous marriage for her son.

Help more women like Kasan Bai find joy by visiting us at http://water.org

One Mother's Story: Ranjana

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After Ranjana took out a WaterCredit loan to build her family a toilet, their lives changed forever.

Help more women like Ranjana get access to improved sanitation: http://water.org/watercredit

Collecting Unsafe Water in Haiti - Clip of the Day

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By collecting water from these small pools on the side of a rock wall, this woman is able to avoid some of the sediment present in the river itself. Unfortunately, though this water may look cleaner, it's still filled with invisible bacteria and other harmful agents.

Help us provide women in Haiti safe water access by visiting http://water.org/country/haiti/

Unhealthy Wheelbarrow - Clip of the Day

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Each and every day, this boy helps his family by fetching water from this river, and wheeling it back home. Unfortunately, this water is both far away from home, and extremely unhealthy.

To find out how we can work together to change this reality, visit us at http://water.org/country/haiti/

New Well in Haiti: Celebration

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Clean water brings joy, and a new well is certain to be accompanied by a celebration full of singing and dancing by all. Help us bring joy to people all around the world for Water Day: http://water.org/waterday/

Filling a Jerrycan with Health - Clip of the Day

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A new well such as this one makes for a drastically healthier community - currently, a child dies every twenty seconds from a water-related disease.

This is a marked improvement over two years ago when the figure was closer to one child every fifteen seconds, but we believe that with your help we can make it even better.

Diseased and Dirty - Clip of the Day

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For millions of people around the world, open, stagnant water sources represent the only drinking water available. In this village (May Tseada, Ethiopia) the rainy season brings semi-potable water for only two months of the year, but just a few hundred feet below the ground, there are aquifers which could provide clean, healthy water year-round.

Help us bring new wells to villages like this; for only $25 you can provide someone water for life. Learn more at http://water.org

Water: A Balancing Act - Clip of the Day

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For women in Haiti, water is, quite literally, a balancing act. Not only do they skillfully balance the 5-Gallon Jugs on their heads as they walk home, they must also balance the time spent gathering the water with the time they spend working, doing other chores and caring for their families.

Help empower women - learn more at http://water.org/women/

Filling a Water Lorry - Clip of the Day

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In many urban areas of India, residents of the slums only receive water by way of government subsidized water trucks such as these. Seen here being filled on the streets of Nagpur, the trucks have no set schedule, and often-times days, or even weeks, pass between visits.

For only $25, you can provide someone water for life. Learn more at http://water.org

Tef Farming in Tigray - Clip of the Day

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Like much of the world, Autumn is harvest season in Ethiopia, and for the Tigray region, this means spending long days out in the hot sun threshing an African wheat called "Tef." Long days which call for an abundance of water (both for wetting the tef during the threshing process and for drinking) which many communities lack.

Help spread opportunity around the world the world - $25 brings one person water for life at water.org

Shanty Shower - Clip of the Day

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For many in the developing world, this is the only sort of "shower" that exists: a small bit of fabric privacy, and some potentially disease-laden laden water. For still others, bathing means stripping bare and dunking into a dirty stream.

Help bring healthy water access to all, by visiting us at water.org

Atseda's Story of Hope

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In Ethiopia, we met a 13 year old girl named Atseda; this is her story of hope.

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Damon Claus for a Cause - Water.org

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Water.org co-founder Matt Damon and his guerrilla effort to promote the perfect holiday gift, in this video created in partnership with AOL.

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Richard Thorsten › Access to Credit, Access to Basic Services

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Richard Thorsten interviewed by MicAmericas TV at the FOROMIC conference in Costa Rica about Water.org's WaterCredit work.

During the last 20 years, Water.org has been working in Central America, Asia and Africa to help people to gain access to finance for basic services such as sanitation and water. The time for a new project in South America has come.

A MicAmericas TV/Multilateral Investment Fund production.
Recorded at MicAmericas TV set, October 11, 2011. San Jose, Costa Rica.

Diego Fonseca
Executive Producer & Anchor

Andrea San Juan
General Producer

Georg Neumann
Social Media & Strategic Communication

San Jose Crew:
Camera Direction: Rogelio Vásquez B.; Production Assistant: Xinia Murillo C.; Editor: José Miguel Vásquez M.; Montage: Marco Antonio Rojas C.; Camera Assistant: Luis Andres Vásquez M.; Electrician: Isidro Carvajal A.; Sound: Rafael Vásquez M.; Lighting Technician: Víctor Vargas M.; Make-Up Artist: Melissa Chavarría D.

Handpump in Haiti - Clip of the Day

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Though the water crisis looks different throughout the globe, there is one constant: transportation. Water needs to get from the source to the home. The vessels involved (jerrycans, vases, jugs, etc.) may be different, but the journey is the same: women and children traveling grand distances to make sure their families aren't thirsty.

For $25, you can give someone easy access to clean water - for life. Learn more at http://water.org

Women of Strength in Ethiopia

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Women in this region of Ethiopia walk over 2K to a hand dug well for water and they do it twice a day. How far would you go? http://water.org.

Tackling the Water Crisis

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This video provides a brief overview of the water crisis, and what we at Water.org are doing to effect change.

To learn much, much more, please visit us at http://water.org

Hyderabad, India: 7:05am - Clip of the Day

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If you are a women and living in the slums of Hyderabad, India this is how you spend your mornings - every day. Water is available for about 90 minutes each morning at community stand posts. Each stand post services about 20-30 families. You can collect up to five water vessels of water each day. If you sleep in, have to care for sick children or parents and miss the collection time; you're out of luck until tomorrow.

When you visit the slums right around sunrise you see scenes like this throughout the blocks. This women is doing her neighbors a favor and filling everyone's.

Walking for Water - Clip of the Day

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Though the water crisis looks different throughout the globe, there is one constant: transportation. Water needs to get from the source to the home. The vessels involved (jerrycans, vases, jugs, etc.) may be different, but the journey is the same: women and children traveling grand distances to make sure their families aren't thirsty.

For $25, you can give someone easy access to clean water - for life. Learn more at http://water.org

Washing Bodies and Clothes - Clip of the Day

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For families living along the Cauvery River on the outskirts of Trichy, India, the seasonal flow of water is directly tied to their livelihood. In the spring time the river subsides and women can be seen bathing and washing both their family and for-hire laundry.

This afternoon hundreds of women were washing and hang drying laundry. There isn't much concern for knowing the up and downstream quality or cleanliness of the river - it is there for those who wish to use it.

When we look to solve the water crisis we start with the understanding that safe water is used for more than drinking alone. You need it for cooking and cleaning as well. And while we're addressing the safe water issue we also know that without hygiene education and improved sanitation solutions programming will never have a long-term positive impact.

Rural Community Well - Clip of the Day

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In rural areas of India, more and more villages have wells and or a water tower that provides both shared, and for those with the means, household water taps. This abandoned well use to be the sole water source for an entire village. It was hand dug years ago and then was modified with cement walls and then to include an electrical pump. As it fell into disrepair the community was able to drill a new, deeper well and "cap it" so as to protect the water source from contamination.

Uncovered wells like this one, pose additional challenges for communities. They can collect rain and run-off water which depending on agriculture and livestock practices in the region can be a mixed blessing. And of course, the greatest risk is from drownings which force the permanent closure of a well.

Students of the World - Bangladesh 2009

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Produced by the Students of the World, this clip shows a successful sanitation collaboration between Water.org and a local Bangladeshi partner organization, Village Education Resource Center or VERC.

Celebrating Water All Over The World

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No matter where Water.org works, a successfully completed water project always means one thing: celebration in the community.

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Dishes in the Pond - Clip of the Day

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This woman resides in Board Guard slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This water crisis is not one of scarcity, but of access; there is safe water to tap into just hundreds of feet below ground in her area.

Our local partner is working with this community so that hopefully they can dig a tubewell, women can do dishes such as these in safe water, and exponentially improve their health.

Join us! Give the gift of clean water today: http://donate.water.org.

Laundry in Dirty Water - Clip of the Day

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The Board Guard slum is in the heart of Dhaka, Bangladesh. As seen in this clip, its residents share their contaminated water source with animals. This effects all aspects of life, from cooking to cleaning to bathing to drinking.

The good news: her slum community formed a Water Committee to advocate for clean water projects. We hope to work with them to help them obtain easy access to the safe water and sanitation they deserve.

$25 brings someone clean water for life. Do your part to help today at http://donate.water.org

Celebrating Clean Water in Honduras - Clip of the Day

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The completion of a safe water project brings the whole community together for a celebration. The musical performance in this clip coincides with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Water.org project serving the community in Guatincara, Honduras.

Readily available, clean water means the families and farmers living in Guatincara can save time otherwise spent on collecting water, and stay healthier. In turn, this means greater economic prosperity for the town as a whole.

For only $25, you can give someone clean water for life. Learn more at http://water.org

Matt Damon, Bill Clinton and Water.org - An American Cinematheque Tribute

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On May 29th, the 2010 American Cinematheque Award was presented to Matt Damon in honor of his work in the film industry.

At one point in the acknowledgement of his versatile work, President Bill Clinton commended Damon's humanitarian efforts with Water.org.

Learn more at http://water.org

Large Group Walking Home With Water - Clip of the Day

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Today brings us to a close of our look at Ethiopia through this Clip of the Day series, but for millions, this crisis is an everyday reality. On average, women in developing countries walk 3.7 miles everyday for water.

Please join us next week as we begin to take a look at Clips of the Day from our water projects in Honduras! Learn more at http://water.org/honduras

Young Girl Struggling to Stand - Clip of the Day

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As they get older, many young girls living in rural Africa drop out of school due to the lack of sanitation facilities, at which point they join their mothers on their twice daily search for water.

In many cases, this translates to girls as young as eleven or twelve carrying jerrycans filled with 44 pounds of water.

For $25 you can give someone water for the rest of their life. Learn more at http://water.org

Drilling a New Well in Ethiopia - Clip of the Day

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While the arrival of a rig in a community which has never before had access to clean water is certainly cause for celebration, each well Water.org drills actually represents months of planning, community education and technical preparation. Even after the project is finished we monitor communities for years to ensure a sustainable solution.

Digging the well is the easy part.

For $25 you can give someone clean water for the rest of their life. Learn more at http://water.org/digging

Collecting Water From Sand - Clip of the Day

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Twice daily, all over Sub-Saharan Africa, women and children must gather water for their families. This daily quest has led to some surprising, inventive collection methods.

In this clip, a woman living in Ethiopia uses a traditional method of digging in the sand of a river bank for water which has seeped through the sand - a natural, though inefficient, filter.

For $25 you can give someone water for the rest of their life. Learn more at http://water.org

Boy Collecting Drainpipe Water - Clip of the Day

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This boy, living in the slums of Addis Abada, Ethiopia, has opted to sacrifice quality to save himself, and his family, time.

Instead of making the arduous trek to a well or some other water connection, he has chosen to collect water from a drainage pipe - a pipe which collects water from the streets of the urban center above him.

For $25 you can give someone water for the rest of their life. Learn more at http://water.org

Village Life Is Changing In India

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See how Bhavani and her daughter are helping to improve village life with safe water & sanitation.

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One Child Every Twenty Seconds

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There is an incredible human cost to water-related death in the developing world. All they need are sustainable solutions.

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