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Article

23 Dec 2008

Author:
Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble and Population Services International responding to cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe by providing 10 million liters of safe drinking water

Procter & Gamble and global health organization Population Services International (PSI) will provide 10 million liters of safe drinking water to help prevent cholera in Zimbabwe. More than one-thousand people have died from the current cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe...PUR water purification packets...will be distributed for free to those living in areas with high cholera outbreaks in and around Harare, Beitbridge and Mudzi, Zimbabwe. Approximately 10,000 families with 40,000 to 60,000 people will be reached with the free distribution of the PUR packets to meet their water treatment needs for three months.