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NEWS 5 P&G water month campaign purifies over a million litres of water In celebration of Water Day and Water Week in March, Procter & Gamble (P&G), through its Children’s Safe Drinking Water Programme (CSDW), set out to purify 500 000 litres of water in South Africa. P&G surpassed its target and it has purified over 1.2 million litres of water. Sales director, Norbert Combalat, says they are delighted with the results. “We need to make it a campaign, ensuring it happens every year.” With entertainer ProVerb as the South African ambassador, they went all around the country educating people on how to use the purifier. The company is working with the Gift of the Givers Foundation to locate vulnerable areas that could benefit from the water purifier. Logon to www.plumbingafrica.co.za to read about the story and more. PA 1 2 1. 2. The P&G team at Itsoseng Primary School in Pretoria. The P&G water purifier. “We need to make it a campaign, ensuring it happens every year.” www.plumbingafrica.co.za June 2017 Volume 23 I Number 4