http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2015/06/09/agua-4-all-featured-on-univisions-national-health-week/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2015/06/09/agua-4-all-featured-on-univisions-national-health-week/#comment-77887 Agua 4 All featured on Univision | Youth Media for Building Healthy Communities Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:14:06 +0000 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/?p=3915#comment-77887 […] The east valley has long felt the health harms of not having access to clean drinking water. A health profile of the area found children there drink sugary drinks in lieu of water, raising their chances of developing obesity and diabetes. The national Spanish-language news station Univision took notice of the Agua 4 All campaign, which is helping increase access to drinking water by installing water bottle filling stations in targeted public areas. “[The] Univision story was a great opportunity to raise awareness about access to drinking water, but he also said the media coverage has helped lift the long-standing issue of contaminated water in rural communities to a national level.” Read the coverage on Coachella Unincorporated. […]

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