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One of the Best Gifts in Life
For me, i love reading and i always felt that one of the best gifts in life is the gift of books. Yet, i have taken literacy for granted. Without literacy, i wouldn't have discovered my love for reading, and the joy, empowerment and satisfaction it gives.
I grew up in the seventies, lived in a kampong and my family was not rich. Yet today, i am a well read, well travelled, happy and confident gal, working in a male dominated industry and can hold my own among the boys through my own abilities. I think education and literacy plays a role in forming who i am today.
Cheers to Internationally Literacy Day and may literacy touches the life of many more people around the world.
Run for Water 2010
4/20/10
by: cloudnwater
6km is the average distance women and children walk every day in the developing world to have access to water.
Currently, close to one billion people don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water (one in eight). 1.8 million people die every year from water-related diarrheal diseases. Ninety percent of those are children under five years of age. 443 million school days are missed due to water-related diarrheal diseases. Fifty percent of malnutrition is caused by water-related diarrheal diseases
This is why we run.
I participated in the Dow Live Earth Run for water 2010 on 18th April to support the cause. Money raised from the event will go towards funding water purification and filtration solutions around the world.
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