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media type="custom" key="3711341" How long has the organization been in existence? – Since August of 2006
 * The Water Project Questions **  

Who founded it? – A few inspired teens and adults

Where is it headquartered? – Charlotte, NC, USA

What is its purpose? – Raising awareness on the issue of water scarcity around the world and to providing access to clean drinking water in poor countries

Does it just provide assistance to Africa or does it provide aid around the world? – It provides access to clean water mainly in Africa and India

Which problem is it addressing in Africa? – Need for clean water

Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? – It provides access to clean drinking water in several countries in Africa

How does the organization raise money for its efforts? – Through donations

What is the organization's budget? – Could not find

How much of the money collected is used for overhead? – Because most of the organization's work is online and through volunteer groups it has very little overhead.

Have the reviews of the organization been good or bad? – Good, such as responsibletravel.com posted that this is one of the most important relief groups in the world today.

How would you rate your organizations efforts? – On a scale of 1-10 we would give them a 9.5 because they help a lot and use very little overhead.

Would this organization be worth donating to? – Yes, your money would be well spent.

Kenya Research: Name of country: Kenya  Population size (2008) – 37,000,000

Per capita GDP: $1,734

Main exports: cement, chemicals, coffee, fruit and vegetables, hides and skins, petroleum products, sugar, soda ash, and tea

Main imports: industrial machinery, crude petroleum, motor vehicles and transport equipment, minerals, iron and steel, chemicals, food, and manufactured goods

Resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, and garnets

Main ethnic groups and religions: Kikuyu 20% and Protestant 13%

Unemployment rate: 40%

Infant mortality rate: 56.01

Life expectancy: 56 years old

Literacy rate: 78.1% of the whole population

Human Development Index (HDI): 0.521

**Kenya Paragraph**
We chose Kenya as our country because it has a very large population size, therefore the little water that there is to go around is used up more quickly. Kenya’s population size is about 3 million. Despite Kenya’s population size, Kenya is a pretty wealthy country for Africa because of its location. Kenya has access to the ocean, so it has easier ways of receiving and sending out resources. Also, generally speaking, Kenya has a pretty good government system and there are no wars currently going on there. Kenya is in great need of water and that is why we chose it.

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Kenya. National Geographic Society. 2008. February 25, 2009. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_kenya.html.

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 **Storyboard**
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 * 1 || [[image:thewaterproject_npo.gif width="195" height="54"]] || http://thewaterproject.org/images/thewaterproject_npo.gif || We chose the water project as our organization. It is an organization bringing water help to Africa and India. ||
 * 2 || [[image:Kenya-flag.gif width="179" height="117"]] || http://www.chevroncars.com/learn/flags/img/Kenya-flag.gif || The country we chose for our project is Kenya. Kenya is a very large country in the western part of Africa . ||
 * 3 || [[image:http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/media/blogs/frontline/kenya_intro_map.jpg width="179" height="157" caption="http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/media/blogs/frontline/kenya_intro_map.jpg"]] || http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/media/blogs/frontline/kenya_intro_map.jpg || Its population size is about 37 million. Its main resources are minerals. Its main ethnic group is Kikuyu and its main religion is Protestant Kenya's unemployment rate is nearly 40% and the life expectancy is only 56 years old. It is in dire need of water. ||
 * 4 || [[image:water-needs2.jpg width="160" height="120"]] || http://www.gracededieu.org/images/water-needs2.jpg || The water project was established in August of 2006 by a few inspired adults and teens that wanted to help out. ||
 * 5 || [[image:faucet-drip-lg.jpg width="184" height="144"]] || http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/faucet-drip-lg.jpg || It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The water project"s purpose is raising awareness on the issue of water scarcity around the world and to provide access to clean drinking water in poor countries. ||
 * 6 || [[image:fp-main.jpg width="190" height="125"]] || http://www.mothersfightingforothers.com/wp-content/themes/revolution/images/fp-main.jpg || The water project provides access to clean water mainly in Africa and India. In Africa it provides help to many countries. ||
 * 7 || [[image:186619150_9f4cd984bf.jpg width="200" height="94"]] || http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/186619150_9f4cd984bf.jpg?v=0 || The water project collects money for its efforts through donations. Also, because it does most of its work online and through volunteers, the water project has very little overhead costs. This is a picture of water that people drink! ||
 * 8 || [[image:lifestraw.jpg width="207" height="207"]] || http://twilit.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/lifestraw.jpg || All of the reviews of the water project have been good. On a scale of 1-10 we would give the water project a 9.5 because it helps a lot without using very much of the money for its own costs. This organization would definitely be worth donating to. Your money would be well spent. This picture shows how desperate the people in Africa are for clean water. ||
 * 9 || [[image:africa_water_project.jpg width="209" height="153"]] || http://www.baptist-atlantic.ca/documents/africa_water_project.jpg || These are a few additional pictures that show the amount of dire need for fresh, clean water. ||
 * 10 || [[image:bulgetawell.jpg width="180" height="97"]] || http://www.charitywater.org/images/novembernewsletter/bulgetawell.jpg || This picture shows that when there is clean water it is devoured so quickly as if it is going to go away. ||