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PUBLIC
AFFAIRS SECTION
U.S. EMBASSY
PRESS RELEASE
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March 19, 2009
U.S. Ambassador Emphasizes Safe Drinking Water in Schools
Bahasa
Indonesia
Jakarta, March
19
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U.S. Ambassador Cameron R. Hume opened
a new drinking water and hand washing facility at SDN 3 Ancol. As
part of the Water in Schools project,
SDN 3 Ancol is the first of six
schools in Jakarta that will receive new safe water stations. A
simple water treatment method called “Air RahMat” will be used to
ensure a constant supply of safe drinking water.
“The lack of safe water and proper sanitation facilities are a main
cause of diarrheal disease,” said Ambassador Hume. “In fact, it is
the second leading cause of death among children under five in
Indonesia.”
The other five schools that will benefit from the Water in
Schools project are SDN 01 Ancol, SDN 02 Pademangan Barat, SDN
09 Pademangan Timur, SDN 12 Pademangan Barat, and the Floating
Library in Kapuk Cengkareng. Schools in North Jakarta difficult for
them to obtain a consistent supply of safe drinking water throughout
the day. The Water in Schools project hopes to rectify that
problem in order to prevent diarrhea and other water borne diseases
caused by contaminated drinking water.
The new facilities were made possible through the cooperation of the
Jakarta International School’s (JIS) Helping Hands Club, PT Peduli
Freeport, and the Jakarta Free Spirit Running Club. The Aman Tirta
Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
managed and coordinated the safe water project.
The U.S. Ambassador’s visit to SDN 3 Ancol was also in coordination
with World Water Day which is an effort by the United Nations to
raise global awareness to the importance of safe drinking water.
World Water Day is officially observed on March 22, 2009.
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Jakarta - Ambassador Cameron Hume
sips water with a child at SDN 03 Pagi Ancol in Northern Jakarta where
he opened a new drinking station for school children. The safe water
system was made possible through commercial partnerships as part of a
larger USAID-Aman Tirta project to bring safe water to Indonesian
schools.
For more information, please contact Wendy Sarasdyani (wendy.sarasdyani@jhuccp.or.id)
at the Aman Tirta Project at +62217207776, Nick Oravetz (13402@jisedu.or.id)
at the JIS Helping Hands Club at +6281398481640, or Mindo Pangaribuan,
Spokesman at PT Freeport Indonesia at +62212591956 or +628121072073.
For more
information about U.S. Embassy Jakarta, please visit our website at
http://jakarta.usembassy.gov.
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