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Celebrating the World Water Day with the theme 'Clean Water for a Healthy World', Coca-Cola Far East Limited, Bangladesh in partnership with JAAGO Foundation, organized a day-long awareness program about safe drinking water and sanitation on March 22, 2010. The event saw the participation of 170 underprivileged students of the JAAGO Foundation school, the residents of the adjoining communities of Rayerbazar and around 100 volunteers from JAAGO Foundation.
As part of the initiative, earlier in the day, JAAGO Foundation volunteers visited the Rayerbazar slums, talked about ways through which water should be purified prior to drinking and for cooking purposes, specially prepared leaflets were also circulated amongst the households of the slums to create this awareness.
To create greater involvement and awareness about Safe Drinking water amongst children, a painting competition, was held at the Foundation school premises in which 170 students participated and drew pictures on the theme- 'Clean Water for a Healthy World'. Special gift hampers were distributed to all the Foundation students and Prizes were awarded to the 3 winners of the art competition by Coca-Cola Far East Limited. On this occasion, Coca-Cola Far East Limited also gifted two water purifiers to the Foundation to ensure safe drinking water for the school students.
In his message to all attendees at the event, Debasish Deb, Country Manager, Coca-Cola Far East Limited said, “Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is the fundamental need of all communities. We at Coca-Cola are always on the lookout for opportunities to promote this cause both in spirit and in action. Our partnership with JAAGO Foundation to celebrate World Water Day is a testament of this same endeavor. Given the times we live in, the need of the hour is for all stake holders to join hands and look at ways to promote the cause of 'Clean Water for a Healthy World'.”
Coca-Cola Far East Limited gifts water purifiers to the members of JAAGO Foundation to ensure safe drinking water for the school students during the World Water Day Celebrations in Bangladesh on March 22, 2010
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Students of the JAAGO Foundation school participate in the painting competition based on the theme 'Clean Water for a Healthy World'
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