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Ibadan, Nigeria - The Children's Safe Drinking Water Program is a not-for-profit program founded by P&G as part of its global cause - Live, Learn and Thrive (TM) - aimed at improving life for children in need. This past Tuesday, a milestone was reached: the one billionth liter of clean water was made, at a rural clinic near Ibadan, Nigeria.

"This milestone event marks both a humanitarian triumph and a technological achievement," said the former P&G Chief Executive Officer. "But what really matters is that we are helping to save lives. The Children's Safe Drinking Water Program has provided 1 billion liters of clean drinking water through a variety of strong partnerships and emergency relief efforts in Africa and around the world."

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The First lady of Oyo State, Nigeria, Mrs. Kemi Alao Akala, was on hand and applauded the efforts which have help to bring safe drinking water to over 66 million Nigerians.

P & G's technology is simple. Small packets or sachets are added to unclean water and they act like tiny cleaning plants to remove dirt, cysts and pollutants while killing bacteria and viruses in contaminated water in less than 30 minutes, ten liters at a time.

"While we're pausing to celebrate this milestone, we know that it's a drop in the ocean compared to the need. We can't rest while more children are dying from waterborne illness than die from HIV/AIDS and malaria," said Greg Allgood, Ph.D., Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water Program at P&G.

It's estimated by the World Health Organization, that more that one billion people around the world do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. Daily, more than 4,000 children die from diseases caused by drinking unsafe water. These deaths are preventable, and there are proven, scalable, and cost-effective solutions such as the PUR packets that can dramatically improve water quality and potentially save a huge number of lives.

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