World Water Day

Zambia: Students in a rural school near Gwembe learn about soilless cultivation, or hydroponics, in a greenhouse set up by WFP. Photo: WFP/Andy Higgins.

Coupled with inadequate sanitation this can affect how people prepare and eat their meals by increasing the incidence of waterborne diseases, a major cause of malnutrition. A quarter of the people around the world use unsafe drinking-water sources. It will come as no surprise that the most food-insecure people live in developing countries and in arid areas where little water is available – or too much water, of too poor a quality. These benefits also help to increase people’s food security, empowering them over the long term. Bad soils mean more carbon heading into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change, intensifying extreme weather events, accelerating land degradation and perpetuating the cycle. Water gushes where it should trickle and trickles where it should pour freely, thanks to climate extremes.

In 2015, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2030 Agenda, the world committed to providing safe water access and sanitation to all by 2030. But, ...

SEI is committed to making this goal a reality. Water touches every global challenge we face: hunger, climate change, gender equity, poverty, trade and more. In 2015, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2030 Agenda, the world committed to providing safe water access and sanitation to all by 2030.

Water is an indispensable resource for existence and we must protect these natural resources for the well-being of humanity and thefuture of the planet.

The Government of India recognises the importance of natural resources, including water and continues to take vital actions to improve access to safe water and to conserve this precious resource. The project developed a participatory hydrological monitoring (PHM) programme to provide farmers with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the hydrology of groundwater resources, and thereby sustainably manage groundwater resources. FAO supports the GoI’s actions towards water conservation and productivity. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO’s) latest report on the State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (2022) states that the agricultural systems are breaking down, with effects felt across the global food system. Water and land resources will need safeguarding. About 2.2 billion people in the world are deprived of access to safe water.

Water, the elixir of life, is an irreplaceable resource that sustains all living beings on our planet. With each passing day, the need to conserve this ...

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(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe ...

Women and children will no longer have to travel a distance to bring back water to the village. The project, part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative,” provided a new borewell, water tank and pump. In Kon Tum, more than 1,147 people are benefiting from the water supply in the Khop village where there are poor families working as farmers. The water supply from a small seasonal river is erratic and too often not enough. “Billions of people in countries around the globe don’t have clean water for drinking, cooking, sanitation and other needs, and that’s why Salesian Missions has made clean water projects a priority,” said Father Timothy Ploch, interim director of Salesian Missions. During the summer, residents survive on water from holes and small wells, but this water is not safe for human consumption. Water fountains were also set up in the communities so that people could access the water. Among the beneficiaries, 60 percent are women and 40 percent are men. The day focuses attention on the importance of safe, clean water while advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year’s theme, “Accelerating Change,” focuses on change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day.

It is easy for some to think that water simply comes from the tap, but this limited perspective fails to acknowledge the vital ecosystems from which our ...

One that can foster a more resilient, equitable, and prosperous future by recognizing the interconnectedness of water, land, climate and nature. The urgent need for collective action to address the global water and sanitation crisis is reflected in this year's theme, Accelerating Change. When rivers run dry or become polluted, when groundwater is over-exploited, and when ecosystems are degraded, it is only then that we begin to understand the true value of water.

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The World Water Day is commemorated to create awareness about the people living without access to safe drinking water.

Caceres supplies water to more than 400 people in the upper sector of Petare. A woman uses a manual water pump at a slum area in Muntinlupa, Philippines. A girl takes a bath near a manual water pump at a slum area in Muntinlupa, Philippines.

Ensuring the right to water involves building boreholes but also rehabilitating latrines in schools and hospitals and training in menstrual hygiene.

We have started training courses on proper hygiene practices and to increase sanitation knowledge on the management of the school’s sanitation facilities. [health risks](https://www.intersos.org/en/food-security-a-global-crisis-never-seen-before/) of this widespread habit and the correct hygiene practices to adopt. [South Sudan](https://www.intersos.org/en/south-sudan-intersos-with-avsi-to-defeat-gender-based-violence/), and these are the main factors responsible for the increase in outbreaks of diarrhoea and vector-borne diseases across the country.

March 22 is World Water Day. Water is vital for human health and survival, and access to water is recognized as a human right. Over the past 21 years, ...

Particularly, people in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from poor access to water compared with people in urban areas. Disaggregated data reveals gaps in water access across regions, countries, residencies, and wealth levels. Over the past 21 years, global access to [safely managed drinking water](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS) (water from improved sources such as a pipe, borehole, or protected well that is accessible on-premises, available when needed, and free from contamination) has steadily progressed: The proportion of the global population with access to safely managed drinking water has increased from 62% in 2000 to 74% in 2020. [World Water Day](https://www.un.org/en/observances/water-day). In the Democratic Republic of Congo, only 22% of people from rural areas have access to at least basic drinking water services, while 75% of the people from urban areas do. Although the proportion of the population who have access to at least basic drinking water (including people with safely managed or basic access) has also increased for the past 21 years, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag compared to other regions.

Today, as we join the international community to mark World Water Day, we are reminded of our shared responsibility to protect access to clean, safe water ...

The Government of Canada continues to work in partnership with First Nations communities to help end all long-term drinking water advisories on public systems, and to prevent more advisories moving forward by co-developing and implementing new safe drinking water legislation. It’s also why we are taking historic action to protect more of our nature, including our waters and coasts, and leverage the power of nature in the fight against climate change. That’s why the Government of Canada is committed to implementing a strengthened Freshwater Action Plan and establishing a Canada Water Agency, to help keep our water clean now and for generations to come.

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The competition was organized by the Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre in collaboration with two NGOs – Abralow Memorial Multipurpose Society and Youth Mission ...

“International Water Day is observed on March 22 every year to recognize the significance of water in our lives. Unfortunately, billions of people are denied the water they need to survive as a result of pollution and careless usage.” Education Assistant Gopi Yangda in his address stressed on the significance of water and said, “Water is considered to be one of the vital components of everyone’s life.

More than a quarter of the world's population lacks safe drinking water, and 46% lacks basic sanitation, says a new UN report. This week marks the first ...

Trends in droughts are more difficult to establish, it said, “although an increase in intensity or frequency of droughts and ‘heat extremes’ can be expected in most regions as a direct result of climate change.” Water Conference co-chaired by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon opening Wednesday. Connor said that an actual increase in demand is happening in developing countries and emerging economies where it is driven by industrial growth and especially the rapid increase in the population of cities. Connor said, irrigation for crops has to be more efficient – as it is in some countries that now use drip irrigation, which saves water. It is in these urban areas “that you’re having a real big increase in demand,” he said. This week marks the first major United Nations conference on water in more than 45 years.

As a result of climate crisis seasonal water scarcity will increase in regions where it is currently abundant and worsen in regions where water is already ...

“Cooperation is the heart of sustainable development, and water is an immensely powerful connector,” Johannes Cullmann, special scientific advisor to the president of the World Meteorological Organization, says. It is in these urban areas “that you’re having a real big increase in demand,” he says. The report also touches on climate crisis, as a result of which “seasonal water scarcity will increase in regions where it is currently abundant – such as Central Africa, East Asia and parts of South America – and worsen in regions where water is already in short supply, such as the Middle East and the Sahara in Africa.” An alarming 46 percent (3.6 billion) lacked access to basic sanitation. “The global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to potentially double from 930 million in 2016 to between 1.7 and 2.4 billion people, in 2050,” the report As a result of climate crisis, seasonal water scarcity will increase in regions where it is currently abundant and worsen in regions where water is already in short supply, says World Water Development Report 2023.

Greenhouse gas pollution continues to rise to all-time record levels, heating the world's climate to dangerous levels. This is worsening water-related disasters ...

We must break our addiction to fossil fuels and embrace renewable energy while supporting developing countries every step of the way.” And 44 see their wastewater flow back into nature untreated, with disastrous health and environmental consequences. Greenhouse gas pollution continues to rise to all-time record levels, heating the world’s climate to dangerous levels.

In suburbs of Ivory Coast's Abidjan residents have no alternative but to collect untreated water from streams and ponds.

We’ve had no water in the house for over a year. We are tired of it”, complained Martine Toure, a resident in a suburb of Abidjan. “We’ve got a water problem here.

Lack of access to clean water impacts everything from agriculture to our industrial output, from hunger to the environment — increasing poverty and decreasing ...

News and Press Release in English on World about Climate Change and Environment and Water Sanitation Hygiene; published on 22 Mar 2023 by EC.

We cannot afford to be complacent, and we are ready to do our part to create a water resilient world. Water stress is also a driver of geopolitical instability and triggers conflicts. By 2030, the EU targets to support the access of 70 million people to an improved drinking water source and/or sanitation facility. Some are extremely persistent even to the most advanced wastewater treatment. The EU continues to support universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene services through its development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. This is not only a particularly critical challenge for 40% of the world population that lives in areas affected, but it is vital for us all.

Marking World Water Day Pope Francis reminds us that water is a primary necessity that must never be wasted, abused or serve as grounds for war.

Francis of Assisi’ in his ode to creation, Laudato sì: “Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.” “I pray for the success of the work and hope that the important event will accelerate initiatives in favour of those who suffer from the scarcity of water, this primary good,” he said. “Water,” Pope Francis said, “must never be the object of waste or abuse, or provide the grounds for war, but must be preserved for our benefit and that of future generations.”

“This World Water Day, I encourage everyone to take a moment to consider how truly fundamental clean water is to the health of our communities and our ...