Water defines life on earth, our blue planet. We should cherish it, relish and respect it.
World Water Day is also about celebrating water – its soothing and refreshing properties, it sheer power and force, its gift of life.
Water connects us, it is a shared resource, it travels the globe, it provides the air we breathe and the food that nourishes us. We need it every day – for our health and for a decent quality of life.
In times of a global pandemic when simple handwashing is a major weapon in our fight against Covid-19, it is shocking the number of people who do not have safe, regular access to clean water. Today’s Global Water Report by UN highlights the inequalities and hardships imposed by water stress.
Every day women and children spend 200 million hours collecting water. The personal, societal, cultural and economic impact of this is incalculable.