Water … Poetry
Dirty water kills.
Today, there are still almost 1.1 billion people without adequate access to water.
More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease.
On 22 March 2008, World Water Day aims to raise public awareness, and focus attention on the vital need to protect and conserve water resources and supplies of drinking water.
First organised in 1993, the idea arose from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro the previous year.
Davos warning
This January the UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon spoke out at Davos, warning the private sector of the ‘looming water crisis’. As water becomes increasingly scarce, greater priority must be given to the sustainable and equitable management of water resources.
Greater competition through the demands of agriculture and industry, along with the effects of climate change, are exacerbating drinking water shortages in the developing countries where WaterAid works.
Access to drinkable water must now be considered a basic human right.
Action:
Write a poem about water and submit it for website publication to the International Water Poetry Contest - ‘Water Voices from Around The World’.
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