Clean water is unavailable to more than one billion people. This is simply the reality that most people live with on a day-to-day basis. In Africa alone, nearly 300 million people do not have access to clean and safe drinking water.
Dan Haseltine states in the book "The Revolution,"
"Even if our minds allow us to envision an African child digging a hole in the sand far enough to reach a pool of brown water, sticking his face down in it, in an act of survival, drinking, we struggle to move from the feelings of shock or compassion toward a movement of practical care and humble action. Water is just not something we worry about." (pg. 4)
The United Nations General Assembly announced that the years 2005 through 2015 is the International Decade for Action- Water for Life. This is a new campaign after the proclamation to provide cleaner water and sanitation projects fell into disrepair. The systems that were put into place were not used properly and became polluted with sewage.
The new initiative for 2005-2015 will focus on "water-related issues, at all levels and on the implementation of programmes and projects, and the furtherance of cooperation at all levels, in order to help to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals." This declaration has goals to:
- Focus more on water-related issues at all levels and on the implementation of water-related programmes and projects
- Ensure the participation and involvement of women in water-related development efforts
- Deepen the cooperation at all levels
Priorities: scarcity, sanitation access, disaster prevention, pollution, trans-boundary water issues, water, sanitation and gender, capacity-building, financing, valuation, integrated water resources management, Africa as a region for priority action.
Dan Haseltine states in the book "The Revolution,"
"Even if our minds allow us to envision an African child digging a hole in the sand far enough to reach a pool of brown water, sticking his face down in it, in an act of survival, drinking, we struggle to move from the feelings of shock or compassion toward a movement of practical care and humble action. Water is just not something we worry about." (pg. 4)
The United Nations General Assembly announced that the years 2005 through 2015 is the International Decade for Action- Water for Life. This is a new campaign after the proclamation to provide cleaner water and sanitation projects fell into disrepair. The systems that were put into place were not used properly and became polluted with sewage.
The new initiative for 2005-2015 will focus on "water-related issues, at all levels and on the implementation of programmes and projects, and the furtherance of cooperation at all levels, in order to help to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals." This declaration has goals to:
- Focus more on water-related issues at all levels and on the implementation of water-related programmes and projects
- Ensure the participation and involvement of women in water-related development efforts
- Deepen the cooperation at all levels
Priorities: scarcity, sanitation access, disaster prevention, pollution, trans-boundary water issues, water, sanitation and gender, capacity-building, financing, valuation, integrated water resources management, Africa as a region for priority action.
For more information visit:
World Water Council http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=708
International Water Decade: Water for Life
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/water/decade_05-15/index.html
United Nations General Assembly
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/45/a45r181.htm
Blood: Water Mission
http://www.bloodwatermission.com/index.php
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