World Water Day 2008 : March 22, 2008

World Water Day 2008 : special campaigns all over the world:
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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 more>

 

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United Arab Emirates: World Water Day 2008 : March 22, 2008