» Suadayy February 20,- 1988

Norlt shore News

W. Van releases flood of - Watert

THE
information to help) spre:

DISTRICE of W est: Vancouver has released a flood of
local awareness of

crisis facing the world’s developing countries.

y ast summer the: municipality's
council agreed to participate in
WiterCan, a4 non-profit agency
established to: help provide clean
water for an estimated two billion
Third) World: “people dependent
upon limited and: disease-ridden
water supplies.

Rat the North Shore's other two
municipalities: have been Jess than
enthusiastic “about the
tion’s method of fund raising:

The main ‘vehicle. used: by
WaterCan to inform Canadiins of
the dire. water situation facing. un-
derdeveloped> countries. and” to
solicit funds is by distributing leaf:
lets with Canadian municipal water

bills. : oot . u

(WEST). Vancouver
Lanskail...'IT think it
most’ worthwhile thing
do.’ ;

ayor Don
one of- the
you, can

¢ West Vancouver. sent-out :12,000.'

WaterCan leaflets i
the. municipality's

in:January with
“annual water.’

bills and, as of: Friday? had” receiv- ;

. ed $1,700 in donations.
“*Htowas a social concern;"? West
Vancouver - municipal

join the. WaterCan.; project. “We
‘are blessed with» such, an “'abun-

‘dance of pure. water ‘supplies while”,

‘most Third’ World countries don’t
have very ‘much and what they do’
have. is: infected.” by” disease ‘and
filth.** -

West. Vancouver
Lanskail said he is extremely: en
_thusiastic about the program. \ °

“think it: is one of the most

worthwhile things you can do, ** hee

‘said. o
L anskail added that he has been
instrumental in‘presenting the pro-
ject and its benefits to:the Greater
Vancouver Regional District.’
According to, WaterCan cleaflets,
“80 per cent of all world sickness is
caused . by. disease- infected water
» and’ poor: sanitation
_-states that an. estimated 15 million
“children die. annually! from,
dehydration and ‘diarrhea, which i is.
‘caused by dirty water:
WaterCan © founder :: Michael
Lubbock has said he believes clean
water to be the: key to development
and improvement in =the Third”
World.) =
The first, Canadian inunicipality

to join WaterCan was Dartmouth, | :
Nova Scotia, in’ 1986. By April of.

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"Mayor ‘Don |:

The leaflet’

By TIMOTHY RENSELAW
ewe Reporter

araits residents had donated
just over $5,000. to: the organiza-
tion.

A totab-’ef 225 Canadian

the water’

beguai
OA

municipalities have’ none
distobuting WaterCan
their annual water bills:

But) North neotusver, District

chasy not to participate in’ Water:

Can, The municipalite'’s manager
Mel Palmer said council decided
that, fat allowed one. charitable
organization. 10° salicit
water bills, “where do you stop :
North Vancouver. City
Jack Loucks. is also jess. than. en-

funds °
through the municipality, and fits’

Mayor.

thusiastic abes; i Wore ans
method of distibuting isi

Lonehs sand he met o ubhouk in
Ottawa dast. year and recognizes

Cwhat the WarerCan founder is try.”
-ine 10 do,

hut said heogs reluctant
to distribure the organization's
leaflets in city water bulls,

Partly. he osaids because

once you do it for one, you have to

doit for others.”
haucks said he will take
quest before council

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