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The 3rd World Water Forum
March 16-23,2003 Japan


How to Make a Difference...

As the 22nd of March approaches every year, we are reminded of our responsibility, be it individual or collective, towards conserving life's most vital of resources : Water.

To encourage and foster world awareness-raising activities, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) prepared a comprehensive manual offering NGOs, schools, and other civil society partner organizations an excellent toolbox of ideas and suggestions.

This manual has been prepared by UNEP for on-line presentation in the following pages, with the kind permission of GWP.

In preparation for World Water Day, we are pleased to share with you these many suggested activities and actions that can be carried out by each individual or the whole community.

By turning words into action, you can make a difference by increasing awareness of water problems and solutions.

To access these ideas on how to make a difference click here.

 

The Executive Summary of the UN World Water Development Report is available online...

Why Water is the Big Issue
� at any given moment almost half the developing world's people are sick from unsafe water and sanitation.
� lack of water supply and sanitation robs millions of dignity, energy, and time.
� frequent disease is the main cause of poor growth and early death.
� for a third of the world the real environmental crisis is squalor, smells and disease on the doorstep.
� half of the developing world�s hospital beds are occupied by victims of unsafe water and poor sanitation.

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