Tech | March 19, 2010 | 8 comments

Celebrate World Water Week

source: http://water.org/world-water-day

JanforGore
Beginning on World Water Day, we are taking a week to celebrate the 200 million people who have gained access to safe water over the past 10 years. Watch this one-minute to see new water project celebrations around the globe.

How can you help?
To celebrate the progress made and call for continued action, Water.org has partnered with the ONE Campaign to launch oneWEEKforWATER.org. Now you can do your part and donate your voice on Facebook and Twitter in the name of clean water.

Other events

More than 21,000 women will gather to celebrate World Water Day on on March 22 in Kolakkudipatti village, India. People from hundreds of villages and slums will join elected officials, international organizations, and community leaders to recognize the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene. They gather to celebrate the improvements made in their villages and rally support for future efforts. Read about last year’s celebration here.

There are also several events planned for March 22 and 23 in Washington, DC. A collaborative of US-based organizations have joined to raise awareness and call for stronger commitments from governments, the private sector, and US citizens for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) initiatives in low-income countries.

About World Water Day

March 22 was first deemed World Water Day in 1993 by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) as an international day of observance and action to draw attention to the role that freshwater plays in our world and lives. Today’s reality is that one in eight people in the world don’t have access to safe water, millions of women and children must still spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources, and 2.5 billion people live without a toilet.
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8 comments // Celebrate World Water Week // Video

  • belowthesurface
  • JanforGore
  • CaptB
  • da100thmonkey
    • 0
      da100thmonkey  

    • WATER mmmmm
      Our wonderful & sacred resource - bottled & held at ransom by some - revered and accepted as a great life gift by others.
      Unfortunately it is not only changing natural patterns that divide us from clean healthy water, but deliberate machinations of huge companies that know & understand exactly what they are doing.
      Thank you for this message - I did not know there was an International Water Week.
      I grew up on rainwater caught in a tank & learnt to avoid 'coke' & 'nestle' due to their heinous track records - you have shown me one more way to celebrate what makes up much of our planet & most of our own bodies.

    • 1 year ago
  • eva2
  • jubal
  • derk
  • JanforGore
    • +2
      JanforGore  

    • And the Water Is Life Group on Current

      http://current.com/groups/water-is-life/

      will be celebrating as well! While I report on droughts, privitization, climate change, agriculture and the effects of our wastefulness which we need to know in order to work for change, there have also been positive stories and reasons for us to celebrate water.

      And of course, having water is the main reason to celebrate. We in America don't know how fortunate we are to be able to turn on a tap, a hose, a shower, and have water come out. For many, too many in our world, it is a luxury many of them pay dearly for, when it is a human right.

      So all next week on the Water Is Life Group, feel free to post stories about water triumphs, poems, articles, and anything in praise or celebration of this lifegiving liquid that is truly a miracle.

      I wil also be posting stories from around the globe in celebration of water and on March 22, this Monday, all featured stories will revolve around the beauty of water.

      Let us not wait until the well runs dry to appreciate this gift.

    • 1 year ago
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