The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation
announced that $6 million will be dedicated to water and
sanitation partnerships aimed at improving the lives of an
estimated 250,000 women and girls on the African continent. The
announcement was made as part of a leadership event on World
Water Day, which included remarks from U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton and World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
Through the organization Rain, which will provide at least 2
million people with access to safe drinking water and sanitation
by 2015, Coca-Cola’s contribution will have an impact on women
and girls in African countries, including Algeria, Kenya,
Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda. In addition, in 2011,
Rain will continue to support multi-year initiatives being
implemented through the Water and Development Alliance, Coca-
Cola's partnership with United States Agency for International
Development in Angola, Burundi, Eg