World Water Day 2008 : March 22, 2008
World Water Day 2008 : special campaigns all over the world:
supported by AIPCE, Alumni Network, Millennium Virtual Expo and Global
Citynews (associate partner of UNESCO for cultural diversity): Join us for a
Noble Cause...
The world water crisis is
one of the largest public health issues of our time.
Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack
access to safe drinking water1. The lack of clean, safe
drinking water is estimated to kill almost 4,500 children
per day. In fact, out of
the 2.2 million unsafe drinking
water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under the age of five. Water is
essential to the treatment
of diseases, something especially critical for children.
This problem isn’t confined to a particular
region of the world. A third of the
Earth’s population lives in
“water stressed” countries and that number is expected to rise
dramatically over the next two decades. The crisis is worst in developing
countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The world water crisis is created by a
confluence of factors including climate
and geography, lack of water
systems and infrastructure, and inadequate
sanitation, something that 2.6 billion people (40%
of the world’s population) lack access. Some of these countries have
additional problems, including high levels of arsenic and fluoride in
drinking water.
Many women and young girls in rural areas in Sub-Saharan
African and other parts of the world must trek
as much as six miles everyday to retrieve water for their
families. Due to this manual labor, such
women and children are prevented from
pursuing an education, maintaining their
households or earning additional income.
Thus, the lack of clean water, coupled with the lack of
basic sanitation and a dearth of hygiene
education, is one of the largest obstacles to
progress and
development in these regions and across the world. The
UN has prioritized water access among its Millennium Development
Goals because it contributes to such widespread suffering,
including increased poverty, high
child mortality rates, depressed education levels, and political
instability. Without question, the world
water crisis condemns billions of people to a perpetual struggle to
survive at the subsistence level,9 thus inspiring millions to engage and
alleviate this problem. ( Join us....What are the
benefits?)<read
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News Update: March 23: Friday: 2012 -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Save Water, Save our Planet
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