World Water Day

UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:08 GMT

Source: www.canadastandard.com --- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the World will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly Water insecure World where demand often outstrips supply and where Water quality ... ...

2013 World Water Day Friendship Tournament

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:34:19 GMT

Source: www.global-changemakers.net --- Monday, May 20, 2013
The 2013 World Water Day Friendship Tournament was held on 21st March 2013 by the German, Japanese and Australian Development Cooperation together with Breakthrough Chiparamba Sports Academy and EduSport Foundation who came on board as sports partners. The theme for this year’s tournament was “The secret to my clean hand: SoapandWater”. Eight Underprivileged boys and girls between 14 and 15 years participated in the one Day tournament including 2 teams from Solwezi and Livingstone. Using the popularity of football as a mobilizing element, the objective is to provide young people with an opportunity to learn about health and hygiene issues related to Water. http://breakthroughchiparamba.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/2013-international-World-Water-Day-in-pictures/ ...

Celebrate World Water Day with New Natures Gate Coupons from CommonKindness.com

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:33:10 GMT

Source: www.gsjournal.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 Nature’s Gate, creator of personal care products formulated from botanical remedies, is celebrating World Water DayMarch 22, 2013with free printable grocery coupons that reward shoppers and support charities. Each CommonKindness.com coupon saves the shopper $ 1.50 on their Natures Gate purchase and generates funds for the nonprofit organization of the shoppers choice. CommonKindness donates 20 percent of its revenues to the nonprofit organizations shoppers choose when they go to http://www.CommonKindness.com and start downloading coupons. In honor of World Water Day, Natures Gate suggests shoppers consider selecting WaterAid as their designated nonprofit to support the organizations mission to help communities in Asia, Africa and Central America obtain long-term access to safe, clean Water. The United Nations established World Water Day as a means of focusing attention on the importance of safe Water, and to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. WaterAid uses this Day to raise awareness that 11 percent of the World’s population does not have safe Water to drink, and that this coupled with poor sanitation, results in 2,000 children dying every Day. Over 783 million people around the World still do not have access to safe Water, said Sarah Schloemer, president of CommonKindness.com. Helping organizations like WaterAid bring Water to those who need it is very ...

Happy World Water Day!

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:29:06 GMT

Source: www.overheardintheoffice.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Coworker #1: What’s with the Google logo today? Coworker #2: It’s probably supposed to be symbolic of Terry Schiavo dehydrating or something. 1001 W. Cypress Creek Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida ...

World Wide Panorama of the Day: VR Panorama of the Day: Elevation - Water

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

Source: ivrpa.org --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Photographer: Dave Albright Event: Elevation ...

World Water Day

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:52:57 GMT

Source: ghcorps.org --- Monday, May 13, 2013
World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd to recognize the importance of Water in our World and advocate for the sustainable management of Water resources. SALTWASH (Saving lives through Water sanitation and hygiene) in Nyaruguru district is a project of Health Poverty Action. We celebrated World Water Day at Raranzige cell, Rusenge sector. The theme of the Day was “Let’s join hands to promote construction and repairing of springs in order to access clean Water.” Community members watching and listening to messages and skits from”urunana” soap opera on hygiene and sanitation. SALTWASH works with vulnerable communities in seven sectors of Nyaruguru district to address unique Water challenges in locally appropriate and innovative ways. With the help of members, we plan to start construction of Water springs so that the community may have access to clean Water. On this particular Day, we had the opportunity to teach the importance of managing Water resources. When there is no proper management of Water resources, diseases may arise, such as diarrhea, bilharzia, cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, intestinal worms and other waterborne diseases. These diseases disable and debilitate victims, keeping children out of school and preventing parents from working. We should all join hands to fight these diseases because of the horrific impact they have on poor communities, especially children, since they can be prevented. These lessons ...

Airconergy LLCs Save Energy and Save Lives Campaign Celebrates World Water Day In Providing Healthy Drinking Water

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:34:10 GMT

Source: www.gsjournal.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 In celebration of International World Water Day on March 22, Airconergys Save Energy and Save Lives Campaign will fund a new freshwater well for every 100 HVAC Smart Chips sold. Airconergys promotion takes place March 22 in cooperation with drop4drop.org. The companys web sites go live March 21. International World Water Day, a United Nations initiative, is held annually as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Every sale of the HVAC Smart Chip enables us to support drop4drop in drilling wells, and every well provides fresh Water for 2000 people, said Barry Sanders, Vice President of Global Business Development for Airconergy. The $ 149 device is available worldwide from distributors and directly from the company. Drop4drop is a global organization that gives individuals and businesses the opportunity to offset their Water consumption, delivering efficient and accountable clean Water projects across the developing World. Worldwide, approximately 1 billion people lack access to clean Water. Drop4drop are delighted to be working in conjunction with Airconergy and the Save Energy Save Lives program, said Sam Pyant, Charity Coordinator for drop4drop. Airconergy have made the very generous pledge, through our life-changing Water projects, to provide a child with fresh, clean drinking wat ...

GroupRaise.com Launches Innovative Giving Platform Featuring charity: water for World Water Day

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:32:53 GMT

Source: www.gsjournal.com --- Friday, May 10, 2013
Houston, TX (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 GroupRaise.com, the social fundraising platform looking to help people impact causes they care about at local restaurants, announced the launch of GroupRaise Causes today. GroupRaise Causes enables diners to organize meal fundraisers for featured charities that are working to solve problems in the five categories of Clean Water, Health, Education, Hunger, and Social Entrepreneurship in the developing World. Each of the featured charities can turn a relatively small amount of money into a huge impact in the lives of people around the World. The first featured cause of the initiative, coinciding with World Water Day, is charity: Water, a nonprofit that formed in response to the global Water crisis in which 1 billion people around the World lack access to clean Water. Charity: Water builds wells in the developing World and 100% of public donations go toward these Water projects. Charity: Water is changing lives by reducing deaths from diseases caused by contaminated Water. GroupRaise Causes makes it easy for diners to support causes like charity: Water by giving them online tools to bring together friends and family at local restaurants for meal fundraisers where a % of the groups meal goes to the cause. Each GroupRaise Meal for charity: Water has the tangible impact of providing a family in need with clean Water. GroupRaise has pledged to help charity: Water provide clean Water to 1,000 famili ...

Family Fun Day 2013 looks to break world record for largest water-balloon toss

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:37:09 GMT

Source: www.capeelizabeth.com --- Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Mark your calendars for June 15 and come be a part of World-record history ...