Matt to work on water in India

Oct 29, 2011 |

IANS

New Delhi

Hollywood actor Matt Damon’s non-profit organisation Water.Org has received $8 million grant from PepsiCo Foundation to improve access to safe water and sanitation in India.
This partnership will help enable approximately 800,000 people to access safe water by March 2016. “There will never be enough charity in the world to solve the water problem. What we need to do is double down on smart solutions which can rapidly scale safe water and sanitation access for families that are in desperate need right now,” Damon, 41, said in a statement. “In the US, we have the luxury to debate and plan for water shortages and investments in our infrastructure. For billions, this is a daily nightmare and fight for survival. It’s visionary partners like the PepsiCo Foundation that recognises that and I hope their example insp-ires others to follow suit,” he added. In 2008, PepsiCo Foundation contributed $4.1 mn to Water.Org resulting mo-re than 2,50,000 people to access improved water through initiatives funded by microfinance loans.

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BEYONCE, jAY-z ‘EXPECTING A BABY GIRL’
London: R&B star Beyonce Knowles and husband Jay-Z are reportedly expecting a baby girl.
The 30-year-old singer is pregnant with her first child and her friends say she was thrilled to find out she was having a daughter, reported Contactmusic.
“Beyonce is thrilled she’s having a daughter. She and her mother are so close, and she’s wanted to have that relationship with her own child,” a friend said.
Since finding out she is having a little girl, the singer is said to have been busy buying lots of clothes for the unborn tot.
— PTI

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