ABDF

Care2 Petitionsite has a cause to help provide clean drinking water around the world.

We at ABDF.org support this basic human right and ask people to support and donate to causes like these. This is a petition to ask senators to cosponsor the Water for the World Act. Sign the petition at the Care2 Petitionsite.

884 million people who do not have access to clean water

Provide Water for the World

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: The ONE Campaign
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, “let clean waters flow.” With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

So last week a couple interesting things happened that I wanted to tell you about. One was odd, the other fun.

Last Wednesday I participated in what is seen to be a Hindu miracle. I had better give you some background.

Monday, June 08, 2009

Really, I have to admit that the past week has been slow, which is why I haven’t written sooner. Our new water tank, which I was told would be finished earlier this week, was, or so I’m told. But our partner on this, Prabha, had yet another death in his family (the third in a year; I’ve described the rites in past dispatches) and so the dedication ceremony is delayed until after the 8th day after the death.