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Charity: Water
Charity Water is a non-profit organization that brings cleaner water towards places such as Asia, Central America, South America and Africa. Approximately 663 million people live without clean water. Water in places like this is harder to find like places in Africa where women spend 40 million hours a year just walking for water and usually ends up with finding dirty water which can spread disease that can lead to health problems. Young teenage girls are victims of this disaster which can lead to problems in education. Less time finding water means more time staying in class. While problems also include that girls have to stay home for a week out of a month due to the lack of clean water at schools. One of the places being highly

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