{"id":790,"date":"2011-06-24T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=790"},"modified":"2011-06-24T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:06:46","slug":"thank-you-for-supporting-clean-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/06\/thank-you-for-supporting-clean-water.html","title":{"rendered":"Thank You for Supporting Clean Water!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/2011\/06\/support-clean-water-access-to-those-without.html\" target=\"_blank\">pledge petition<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/unicef.org\" target=\"_blank\">UNICEF<\/a> regarding the support of clean water access to the 900 million plus people around our world going without. I just checked, and over 2,500 of you have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/help-get-clean-safe-drinking-water-to-those-who-need-it-most\" target=\"_blank\">joined<\/a> the pledge since this time yesterday. Go, Activist Faith friends!<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in more of a faith-based connection with clean water access, my friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/water.cc\" target=\"_blank\">Living Water International <\/a>offer an array of research, resources, and ways to get personally involved in supporting (and even digging) wells for those lacking clean water. As Jesus said, let&#8217;s make it our goal that people &#8220;thirst no more,&#8221; not only spiritually, but physically.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Living Water International <a href=\"http:\/\/water.cc\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[If you haven&#8217;t signed the pledge already, join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/help-get-clean-safe-drinking-water-to-those-who-need-it-most\" target=\"_blank\">now<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dillonburroughs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong><\/a> is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served                in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has        investigated        modern  slavery in the US and internationally. His        books include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Undefending-Christianity\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9780736937023\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Not-in-My-Town\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9781596693012\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thirst-No-More-OneYear-Devotional\/dp\/1596693126\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1305121836&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Thirst No More<\/em> <\/a>(October). Discover more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I posted a pledge petition from UNICEF regarding the support of clean water access to the 900 million plus people around our world going without. I just checked, and over 2,500 of you have joined the pledge since this time yesterday. Go, Activist Faith friends! For those interested in more of a faith-based connection&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thank You for Supporting Clean Water! - Activist Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/06\/thank-you-for-supporting-clean-water.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thank You for Supporting Clean Water! - Activist Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday I posted a pledge petition from UNICEF regarding the support of clean water access to the 900 million plus people around our world going without. 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