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Children on a raft take a seawater bath at a seaside residential area in Makassar, Indonesia, on March 22. The United Nations' World Water Day is held on March 22 every year to increase people's awareness of water's importance in environment, agriculture, health, and trade. This year's theme is 'Water for cities.' Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters
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Children are reflected in murky waters after swimming at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Manila, in the Philippines, on March 22. Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters
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Residents line up to fill their plastic containers with water, paying two pesos (4.6 cents) for each small gallon or five pesos (11.5 cents) for each container in the Philippines' slum area of Tondo, Manila, on March 21. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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A woman collects water from a public well to sell in San Cayetano, Nicaragua, on March 18. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
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A man washes himself in the water that drains from an overflowing tank on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on March 22. Channi Anand/AP
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A woman washes her clothes in the polluted La Gallina River, about 18 miles from Managua, Nicaragua, on March 18. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
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Demonstrators from tribes of various parts of India's Maharashtra State gather around a tanker to collect drinking water in bottles during a rally in Mumbai, India, on March 15. Hundreds of 'advisasis,' or forest dwellers and tribal people, marched to demand their rights in the forest areas where they live, local media reported. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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A protester wearing a mask of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and other masked protesters hold bottled water during a rally commemorating World Water Day on March 22 in Manila. Pat Roque/AP
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Hagi Niinuma carries drinking water in Ofunato, Japan, on March 17. Ofunato is one of the northeast coastal towns devastated by the March 11 earthquake and the tsunami it spawned. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
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A woman removes trash from a polluted river in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 22. Kham/Reuters
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A man transports fresh water for sale on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 21. Kham/Reuters
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An Indian girl crosses over a stream of polluted water as she carries drinking water on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on March 21. Channi Anand/AP
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Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity: Water, takes an unconventional approach to bringing clean water to millions of people. Among his ideas: Put 100 percent of donations directly into projects – and look to entrepreneurs, not other charities, for great ideas.
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Cody Switzer, The Chronicle of Philanthropy /
April 5, 2012
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