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P&G Views: Chidren's Safe Drinking Water

  • Three billion liters and counting…
    February 9, 2011 - 6:05pm
    It took P&G's CSDW Program 4 years to provide the first billion liters with our not-for-profit effort. And, then only 2 more years to reach the 2nd billionth liter last March. And, in only 10 more months, we've reached the 3rd billionth liter. What a journey it has been!more...
  • Profiles in Purpose: P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program - Retired Officers Campaign
    January 20, 2011 - 10:36am
    It started out as a rather uncommon meeting. In 2005, Jim Nethercott — retired P&G CFO — invited Dr. Greg Allgood, Director of P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, to attend a small gathering of P&G's retired officers to demonstrate the power of the PUR™ Purifier of Water technology. To Nethercott's delight, the meeting did exactly what it was intended to do. More than stirring dirty water that day, he stirred hearts to want to help.more...
  • Advertising Age Recognizes 3 of P&G's Cause Campaigns in 2010
    January 11, 2011 - 10:39am
    The December issue of Advertising Age listed its picks for the top 10 cause campaigns of 2010. We were honored that three of our campaigns made the list, including the P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water program, the Dawn Saves Wildlife program and Prilosec's sponsorship of Everything You Do Without Heartburn program.more...
  • Update: P&G Takes Further Action in Haiti
    November 19, 2010 - 7:23pm
    On October 21, a cholera outbreak was confirmed in Haiti. Cholera is a bacterial infection that causes a watery diarrhea, dehydration and often times death in humans if not caught and treated quickly. Cholera spreads through contaminated food and water supplies, and water treatment products like P&G's PUR packets are proven effective in killing the cholera bacteria and can be critical to help stop the spread of this disease. more...
  • P&G Takes Further Action in Haiti
    October 26, 2010 - 9:45pm
  • Pantene's Healthy Hair for Healthy Water
    September 23, 2010 - 10:14pm
    Yesterday, Pantene's celebrity ambassadors, supermodel Gisele Bundchen of Brazil, and singer/song writer Anggun of Indonesia, kicked-off Pantene's newest campaign, Healthy Hair for Healthy Water (HHHW). In this new program, Pantene will partner with its consumers to help Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) achieve its goal to 'save one life every hour' in the developing world by providing two billion liters of clean water every year by 2020.more...
  • Saving Lives One Hour at a Time
    September 21, 2010 - 10:17pm
    From left to right: Bob McDonald (P&G), President Bill Clinton, Lars Oloffson (Carrefour), and Dimitri Panayotopoulos (P&G) Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York, we announced our intent to provide enough clean water to save a life every hour through our Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, a not-for-profit program founded by P&G that provides clean drinking water in the developing world.more...
  • P&G's Commitment to Haiti Disaster Relief February 17th Update
    February 17, 2010 - 11:17am
    P&G's product, cash, and employee and retiree contributions to Haiti now total over $2.75 million.P&G product donations total more than $2.0 million and include bar soaps, batteries, bleach, cough/cold medications, diapers, dish detergents, feminine hygiene products, flashlights, laundry detergents, paper towels, shampoos, snacks, toilet tissue, tooth brushes, toothpaste, Vaporub, and wipes.more...
  • P&G Joins Forces with Celebrities and Cultural Influencers to Summit Kilimanjaro in the Name of Clean Drinking Water
    January 13, 2010 - 10:42am
    On January 12, after six grueling days and 19,340 feet, the SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT: Kilimanjaro climbers, who included P&G's own Greg Allgood of the Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program, along with Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, and other cultural influencers, reached their goal – the top of the tallest mountain in Africa.more...