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If
you are a regular reader
you
know that the domain industry, rallied
by PPX
International Chairman Gregg
McNair, has been a big
supporter of The
Water School, a non-profit
organization that has
developed a cost effective water
purification program that is saving
lives in Africa and other
developing nations around the world.
McNair
has led groups of individual domainers
to Africa for both fundraising events
(like climbs of Mount Kilimanjaro in
2010
and 2011
that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars)
and "Vision Trips" that
let Water School supporters see the
great work the organization is doing
in person by visiting villages where
The Water School system has been
deployed.
McNair
will do it again October 29 -
November 2, 2011 when he will lead
an industry group on the next Vision
Trip to Kenya. They will be
visiting the world renowned Maasai
Mara Game Reserve while
they are there as well as visit Water
School project sites in the Nairobi area.
If
this sounds interesting to you, you
should know that you can go on
the trip too! Other than the
round-trip airfare from wherever you |
PPX
Chairman Gregg McNair |
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are
to Nairobi, one set price ($2,257
for individuals or $3,542 for double
occupancy) will cover all other costs, including
all hotel accommodations, meals, ground transportation,
the safari at the Maasai Mara Game
Reserve Park and round trip airfare
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The
trip was conveniently scheduled to start the day
after ICANN's
42nd Public Meeting concludes in Dakar,
Senegal. That will allow ICANN attendees to
take
an overnight flight from Dakar to Nairobi, then connect
to the Maasai Mara flight and arrive there in
time for lunch.
In
addition to being a once in a lifetime
adventure your participation will also
benefit a great organization that has made a
huge difference in thousands of lives (more on
that in a moment). Here is the full agenda for
upcoming trip: 
For more
information you can contact Gregg at this email:
ggg @ ppx.com. There are also more
details about the trip, Kenya and the Water
School in this
flyer (.pdf file) about the Fall
2011 Vision Trip.
To give you a
little more background on The Water School. it was founded in 2007 by
Bob Dell, a water scientist, and Fraser
Edwards, a businessman with decades of experience in partnering with indigenous leaders to implement
lasting change (I have met both men and
have been very impressed with their sincerity,
selflessness and skill sets). Lack of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation
is the leading cause of illness in developing countries
as it was in western nations a hundred years ago.
Repeated episodes of waterborne diseases can push children to the brink of
survival, leaving them weak and malnourished and
unable to survive common childhood illnesses, let
alone attend school.
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The Water School program integrates health and sanitation education
programs with the Solar Disinfection
(SODIS) technique that effectively changes contaminated
water to safe-drinking water. The science of SODIS
has been proven with over 25 years of research from
the science community. Clear plastic bottles are filled with contaminated
water and placed in direct sunlight for one sunny day
or 2 cloudy days. The UV rays of the sun effectively kill
pathogenic microorganisms making the water safe for
human consumption.
It is such
a cost-effective solution that
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$50 donation
can provide safe drinking water for a
family of five for life! That's
what I call stretching a dollar and it
is a key reason I am among the many in
the domain business who are excited
about what The Water School has been
able to accomplish. |
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