Follow Bill Clinton’s Journeys in Africa
July 18, 2007 · Print This Article
Bill Clinton will be in Africa for the next six days working on some important initiatives of the Clinton Foundation. You can follow his journey at clintonafrica.com.
From the Clinton Foundation Newsletter:
“Tomorrow President Clinton begins a six-day, four-country trip across Africa, his sixth visit to the continent since he left office in 2001. He will see first-hand the Clinton Foundation’s work in action and highlight the accomplishments we’ve already made - including bringing life-saving ARV treatment to 750,000 people living with HIV/AIDS around the world, half of whom live in Africa. He will also make exciting announcements about our work in progress - including our partnerships to help cities such as Johannesburg use energy efficient technologies to minimize their carbon emissions. Read more about our accomplishments in Africa.
President Clinton will meet with children in Zambia, emerging young leaders in South Africa and farmers in Malawi, all of whom have been directly touched by the Foundation’s efforts. Today, four of our initiatives are at work in more than 28 countries:
- curbing the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other global health threats
- combating global climate change
- expanding access to water and sanitation
- helping farmers improve harvests through access to innovative agricultural technology”
I am glad Clinton is working on highlighting some of the biggest issues in the world.
Ryan - great site - and interesting book. Just wanted to make one comment about the Clinton Foundation’s great work: the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation will make all of other Millennium Development Goals and development challenges more successful and sustainable. You can’t take ARVs for HIV/AIDS without safe drinking water. You can’t protect the environment and animal habitats without adequately treating human waste. You can’t increase children’s school enrollment rates unless their schools and communities have safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. With safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities all of the above become possible. I encourage Clinton and others to ramp up their work on safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water throughout the world. For an idea of how safe water contributes to the other Millennium Development Goals (on average 30%), visit:
http://www.unsgab.org/How_to_assess_water_contribution.pdf
Or check out the relevant posts on:
http://www.bloggingonwater.blogspot.com/
Keep up the good work!