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You are not going to believe this…Two home builders in Edmond, OK have offered to help with Haiti by donating the profits from the sell of three homes that they have completed.  Antonio Aparicio and Brent Wilson are local builders with an excellent flair for making a beautiful home.  If you are in the market for a new home and want to help with Haiti at the same time, maybe one of these homes is for you.  Below are pics and links with virtual tours.

If you are interested, please contact:  Melanie Chesser 405-330-2626

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I wanted to give you a quick update. First, thank you so much for all your help. Water Is Life has sent our emergency stockpile to Haiti. These filters were shipped to a staging area in Boston for IRD and USAID they are now on their way to Haiti with the medical team from USAID. The filters will be handed out to the people coming to the hospital and taught how to use them.
I can’t tell you how much we appreciate Senator Jim Inhoff and his staff. He has been helping to get these doors opened for us to partner with the medical teams going over.
Water Is Life has thousands more filters are being shipped direct from the factory, first shipment will arrive later this week.
I have a favor to ask: If you could Tweet, email, call, use Facebook and other means of social media to help spread the word for us. When the news teams leave Haiti in the next couple weeks, and the relief workers leave, the people of Haiti will still need water. The filters will give them clean water for a year.

Thank you for helping to raise awareness and encouraging others to help.

If you want to share with others the news story from Channel 9 coverage:
News 9 Special report:
http://tinyurl.com/y9he8y4
News 9 follow from today: http://bit.ly/6Akef9
Drinking from where? www.WaterIsLife.com/news/

Water is Life Facebook Fan Pagewww.joinwaterislife.com

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You are helping to make a difference in Haiti!

I have been on the phone all day talking with the folks in DC.  Senator Inhoff’’s office is helping us to get hundreds of filters into Haiti now and helping us get the door for thousands in the next few weeks.  One of the  things that drives me crazy is the fact that in a few weeks the reports on Haiti will stop but the need will continue.  When the media leaves, the relief workers will be gone and yet the need will still be ongoing. By sending filters we will be able to help LONG TERM, for up to a year. By the end of the year we will be able to have permanent solutions in place.

How can you help? Donate filters, spread the word, pray for the people of Haiti.   We ALL have to join hands together to make a difference.

Monday night Edmond North HS DECA students raised over $10,000 for Water Is Life.  I have to tell you to see so many students giving so much time to put on a first class show was inspiring.  This generation “gets it” they understand that it takes the efforts of all of us to help the less fortunate in the world.

You can read The Daily Oklahoman article here. Don’t miss the pictures! See them here.

Our beautiful sunny Sunday morning was shattered as Nita reads this article, “AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers” We are reminded how important the work that Water is Life is doing and how the rest of the world is literally dying for this simple solution.

From the AP report. “Diarrheal diseases, such as cholera and rotavirus, kill 1.5 million kids each year, most under 2 years old. The children die from dehydration, weakened immune systems and malnutrition. Often they get sick from drinking dirty water.” Read more.

The report goes on to ask; “How did the leading killers end up at the bottom of the global health agenda? I don’t know,” Wecker said at a recent GAVI meeting in Hanoi. “We’ve got the tools. We’re not looking for the next technological breakthrough. It’s here now and it’s not being used.” Read more.

Death from contaminated water can be stopped by providing clean water, and a simple concoction to help the child back to health; “Death can often be prevented by giving children fluid replacement, a simple recipe of salt and sugar mixed with clean water to help ward off dehydration. Yet 60 percent of children with diarrhea never receive the concoction, according to a WHO and UNICEF report released last month.” Read more.

Thank you for your help in making a difference!

Please Tweet this out and share the link on your Facebook pages.

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Dear WaterIsLife.com;

You travelled through Indianapolis in September to tell us about Water Is Life.  My students were so impressed with the outreach that they asked for permission to host a bake sale.  We baked things over the weekend of October 25th, then we stayed after school to decorate and package our treats.  The next day, Tuesday, October 27th, we held our bake sale.  

We raised $144.04 for Water Is Life with our event.  It’s amazing how a group of 18-20 young people can reach their arms and hearts around the world, isn’t it?

 I’m attaching a few pictures for you to enjoy of our bake sale.  Thank you for your sharing with us.

 Regards,

Mary Ann Yedinak

Sycamore School – Indianapolis Indiana

If you are a fan of Facebook you know about Fan Pages.  As most of you know I am a new to the world of Facebook.  But with the help of some of the cool kids we now have a Facebook page for Water Is Life.  Head over to http://facebook.com/joinwaterislife. You can help by spreading the word and sharing us with your friends.  Let’s see how many we can get to join, because…WaterIsLife.

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. He tells me that we are over 2 million hits a month on WaterIsLife.com website!  We are moving “TONS of data” which I guess is really good, cause they were all excited about that.  One of the things I found interesting is that 26% of the sites visits are from outside the US.

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Facebook Fan Page Update:  Thanks to each of you who have joined, we are over 400 fans on Facebook in just a few days. You can join the Facebook Fan Page here.  Thanks for your involvement and keep spreading the word!

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I had one of the teachers at a school I spoke at this week send me an article that I had to pass along.  It is titled: “Safe Drinking Water: A New Cause that Needs Continued Support” Here is how the article starts: “By the looks of it, a new cause has been born: bringing access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene to those on the planet who still lack it.

In the past few weeks superstars, led by Jessica Biel, pledged to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro; and Matt Damon told his story in Parade Magazine…all to raise awareness of safe drinking water and sanitation.

It goes on to say: “Annually about $6 billion in development aid goes to water and sanitation programs globally, but $18 billion is the estimated amount required each year to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for water and sanitation. This is a significant gap that only a coordinated global strategy can address.”

It is encourgaing to see so many others rolling up their sleeves to get involved in the crisis.  I hope that the high profile people will not only bring awareness but also the much needed aid to help with this growing world wide problem.

To read the entire article: The Huffington Post.

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RELATIONSHIPS is one of the most important if not the most important word in our lives.  We come into this world with relationships, mom and dad.  As we grow we bump into all kinds of special people. Our futures shaped, our path changed, our eternity determined by the relationships we have. I want to share with you about one of my new friends.

I met a remarkable young lady at a conference led by Les Brown

, she was a writer and had started a magazine. Her name is Patrice Kelly.  She recently did an article on WaterIsLife.com and the work that we do with Hearts and Hands International.

Take a look at Patric ’s magazine, get a subscription if you can.  You will be blessed by one of my friends.