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Help the Water Crisis in South Africa!

For each used cell phone we collect, $2 will go toward clean water tanks called Jojo’s in South Africa.

Bring in your old cell phone or mp3 player. The winning school district will receive an extra $10,000 to build the Jojo’s in South Africa.

About 34,000 people die each day worldwide due to diseases related to water, feces and dirt, such as cholera and infant diarrhea. In developing countries, 80 per cent of illnesses are water related.(Source: Environment Canada)

In 2008, about 5 million people were still in need of adequate supplies, while three times more – 15 million people – lacked basic sanitation.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned that South Africa will become one of the two driest places on Earth as climate change tightens its grip globally.

How bad is the water crisis: •Every 8 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease

•50 percent of people in developing countries suffer from one or more water-related diseases

•80 percent of diseases in the developing world are caused by contaminated water

•50 percent of people on earth lack adequate sanitation

•20 percent of freshwater fish species have been pushed to the edge of extinction from contaminated water.