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World Water
Day: Why I Walk? March 22, 2008
World Water Day: Why I
Walk?
March 22, 2008,
School Walk: Save Water for Life..Join us for a
Noble Cause...
Organized by AIPCE, the WORLD WATER ADVOCATE
with a worldwide network....
World Water Day 2008 : special campaigns all
over the world:
March 22, 2008, the World Water Day will be
marked around the globe under the theme of water
scarcity - with an estimated 425 million
children under the age of 18 still facing water
shortages.
Children are at the heart of these goals, but
they continue to pay the price for the lack of
clean water and proper sanitation. An estimated
1.2 billion people have gained access
to safe water since 1990. Yet, every year,
unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation
contribute to the deaths of an estimated
1.5 million children under the age
of five from diarrhoea.
Millions of women and children collect water
daily for their families for drinking, cooking
and washing. When water is scarce distances
covered and time spent getting this life
source greatly increases, putting pressure
on the health and well being of women and
children.
World Water Day is a chance to measure the
progress towards the
Millennium development target of halving the
proportion of people without sustainable access
to safe water and basic sanitation by 2015.
Water plays a key role in the achievement of
most of the Millennium Development Goals
including hunger reduction, universal
education, empowerment of women, improved
health, enhanced child survival,
environmental sustainability and
advancing global partnerships for development.
Population growth means added demand for water,
while natural and man made disasters have
contaminated water supplies and damaged water
facilities.
World Water Day 2008 :special campaigns all over
the world:supported by Alumni Network,
Millennium Virtual Expo and Global Citynews
(associate partner of UNESCO for cultural
diversity): Join us for
a Noble Cause...
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