- Only12,000 Americans have a definitive diagnosis of ALS according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke -1.2 million posts have been made to Facebook about the Ice Bucket Challenge while wasting 5-6 MILLIONS of GALLONS of water according to the Washington Post According to UNICEF: -786 MILLION people live without clean water of which almost 40% live in sub-saharan Africa and over 2 BILLION people live without proper sanitation -1400 people die EVERY DAY from complications from not having clean water -Only $1 provides clean water for 40 days and a $140 donation to UNICEF provides clean water to TEN families! -The challenge has obviously done financially well providing almost $16 MILLION in funding for the ALS Foundation in just a few weeks as opposed to only $1.8 MILLION this same time last year According to Upstart Business Journal Although its a great thing for ALS research next time you dump clean water, remember it takes 3 hours for someone to get the same amount of water you just wasted to only donate $10..! Take the Put Down Your Phone Challenge 10 minutes without your fone = 40 days of clean water unicefusa.org/mission/survival/water/tap-project
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:38:35 +0000
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