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Fayetteville
~ Cumberland County 2008 CROP Hunger Walk
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Walking
because they walk...
The
average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water
is six kilometres* |
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weight of water they carry on their heads is about 20kgs - equivalent
to the average airport luggage allowance.
(*2005 Loughborough University) |
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The
roots of hunger are found in poverty, war, inequitable trade patterns,
ignorance, and disease.
There
are solutions. |
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1
of every 6 people lacks access to safe drinking water.
Would you drink that? |
| $25
– can provide blankets to a family of five displaced by violence
or natural disaster |
$45
– can provide 30 jerry cans to carry clean water for drinking
and
cooking |
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$150
– can buy a hundred chickens and two wire chicken coops, providing
two
families with a reliable source of eggs, protein, and income
$500 – can provide small start-up
loans that enable women to jump-start a business, such as making
school uniforms
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The
majority of people in the U.S. who live in poverty are White, but
the poverty rates of African-Americans (23%), and
Hispanics (21%)
are twice as high as the poverty rate for Whites or Asian/Pacific
Islanders (10%).
(2000
Census) |
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You
can get in the walk....
Sign-Up
today
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2008
Date Announced!
October
19
2:15
Registration
Register
your Group today! (click here)
2007
Walk Facts
So
far....
Please
Send Contributions
Payable
to
CWS/CROP Walk
to
CROP
Treasurer
c/o Culbreth Mem. UMC
1813 Sloan Ave.
Fayetteville, NC 28312-6527
Gifts
can be made online at
www.cropwalk.org
using
this button:
2008
.... is the 21st Fayetteville - Cumberland
Co. CROP Hunger Walk.
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