Tap Project
Tap ProjectPresentation was made:Wiktoria Liszka and Karolina
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In 2007, the UNICEF Tap Project was born in New York City based
on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate
$1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all
funds raised would support UNICEFs efforts to bring clean and
accessible water to millions of children around the world.Since its
inception in 2007, the UNICEF Tap Project has raised nearly $3
million in the U.S. and has helped provide clean water for millions
of children globally. Now in its sixth year, the award-winning
UNICEF Tap Project, a nationwide campaign sponsored by the U.S.
Fund for UNICEF, will return during World Water Week, March 1925.
The first program of its kind, the UNICEF Tap Project has become a
dynamic movement that affords everyone the opportunity to help
provide the worlds children with safe, clean water.Through numerous
fundraising and volunteer activities, the UNICEF Tap Project
celebrates the clean water we enjoy on a daily basis by encouraging
celebrity, restaurant, volunteer, corporate, and government
supporters to give this vital resource to children in developing
countries. The concept is basic and compelling: When You Take
Water, Give Water.2012 UNICEF Tap Project Funds will specifically
target Togo, Vietnam, Mauritania, and Cameroon.What is the UNICEF
Tap Project?
UNICEF has saved more childrens lives than any other
humanitarian organization, and UNICEF is committed to doing
whatever it takes to achieve the goal of reaching the day when ZERO
children die of preventable causes. Currently, UNICEF works in more
than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water
and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to
promote safe hygiene practices.
The report highlights, however, that the world is still far from
meeting the MDG target for sanitation, and is unlikely to do so by
2015. Only 63% of the world now have improved sanitation access, a
figure projected to increase to only 67% by 2015, well below the
75% aim in the MDGs. Currently 2.5 billion people still lack
improved sanitation.The world water crisis- Every day 3,000
children die of diarrheal disease caused from consuming unsafe
water. Nearly 783 million people worldwide lack access to safe
drinking water.
- Just $1 raised through the UNICEF Tap Project can provide a
child with safe water for 40 days.- The simple act of washing a
childs face with clean water can prevent debilitating diseaseslike
blinding trachoma, an infectious eye disease that spreads from
child to child. The worlds leading cause of preventable blindness,
blinding trachoma is endemic in 57 countries, with 1.2 billion
people living in trachoma-endemic areas, primarily in the poorest
communities in the developing worldmeaning millions of children
without access to clean water are at risk of becoming blind from
trachoma.PartnersMany celebrities, actors and singers taking part
in the UNICEF Tap Project. These include Selena Gomez, Zac Efron,
Artur Zmijewski, Margaret Foremniak, Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift,
Rihanna and many more.
Bibliography:Music : M. Jackson- We are the world
(instrumental)Information: www.tapproject.orgPhotos:
http://ekurjerwarszawski.pl/miasto/inwestycje/1201/hgw-te-inwestycje-mozna-odczuc-probujac-wody-z-kranu.html,
http://thoughtsfromthebirdhouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/unicef-tap-project.html,
http://theconsumerism.com/celebrity-tap-project-by-unicef/
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