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Everyday Should Be World Water Day
Posted  on March 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM
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Everyday Should Be World Water Day

Posted March 21, 2008 | 06:52 PM (EST) Read More: Disasters, Natural Disasters, Sanitation, UNICEF Tap Project, Water, World Water Day, Breaking Politics News


Diseases associated with water and sanitation continue to cause thousands of preventable deaths each day. About 135,000 children die each month, a disaster by anyone's standards. It is an interesting phenomenon that society pays attention to a natural disaster -- like an earthquake or a tsunami -- far differently than a silent, ongoing disaster that takes, steadily and relentlessly, more lives.

 

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Secretary-General Message on WWD 2008
Posted  on March 20, 2008 at 8:43 PM
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD WATER DAY New York, 22 March 2008

This year, World Water Day coincides with the International Year of Sanitation, challenging us to spur action on a crisis affecting more than one out of three people on the planet.

 

Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally. That adds up to an unconscionable 1.5 million young lives cut short by a cause we know well how to prevent.

 

Poor sanitation combines with a lack of safe drinking water and inadequate hygiene to contribute to the terrible global death toll. Those who survive face diminished chances of living a healthy and productive existence. Children, especially girls, are forced to stay out of school, while hygiene-related diseases keep adults from engaging in productive work.

 

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As World Water Day Approaches, PlayPumps International Recognizes Global Water 'Heroes'
Posted  on March 14, 2008 at 2:10 PM
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This World Water Day March 22 Innovative ‘Clean Water’ Non-Profit, PlayPumps International Recognizes 5 ‘Heroes’ Including Coke Africa, Save the Children & One Water   March 12, 2008, Washington, D.C. In recognition of World Water Day a day designated by the United Nations as a reminder of the escalating global water crisis PlayPumps International honors five individuals and organizations that have been instrumental ‘heroes’ in the effort to bring clean drinking water to some of the more than 1.1 billion people who lack it.   “The Hero Award recognizes the countless efforts and strong commitment the recipients have made to br...
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