Sanitizing Water, Not Facts.
Yesterday, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced 2008 the “Year of Sanitation” and urged the world to increase investment in providing clean water and sanitation throughout the world.
From a Tuesday Reuters article:
“Investing approximately $10 billion per year can halve the proportion of people without basic sanitation by 2015,” [the U.N. statement] said.
The U.N.’s drive for better sanitation will involve regional conferences and public campaigns to raise awareness and implement projects to improve sanitation in developing countries through public and private partnerships.
UK-based charity WaterAid said the absence of clean toilet facilities, access to safe water and efficient sanitation was directly related to the spread of diseases that killed 1.8 million children a year.
It estimated the economic cost of not investing in sanitation and clean water at $38 million a year resulting from infant deaths, lost work days and school absences due to disease.”
Read the full article here.
-Virginia Simmons
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November 22, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Thank you very much, Virginia, for posting this info about 2008 being declared the “Year of Sanitation” by the UN. There couldn’t have been a better decision made by Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
I have supported several different organizations for many years in their efforts to bring clean water sources to some of the world’s poorest regions. For all of the reasons that you stated in your post and more, CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIALTO END EXTREME POVERTY IN OUR WORLD.
So I Iook forward to further posts here in the ONE Blog regarding this issue and toward the fulfillment of the MDG’s. Let’s all WORK TOGETHER AS ONE to bring sanitation and clean water to the world’s poorest people!
On this Thanksgiving Day, clean water is definitely something that we should all be grateful for.~
Take very good care of each other. Blessings – not just for those who kneel.
ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie
May 6, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Cast Your Vote in The Global Competition — Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis
Ashoka’s Changemakers and Global Water Challenge invite you to vote for the most innovative approaches to providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation worldwide.
We’ve received 265 entries from 54 countries, and 9 finalists were chosen for their pioneering ideas:
1. Naandi Foundation, India
2. WaterParterns, United States
3. City Garbage Recyclers, Kenya
4. Ecotact – Innovating Sanitation, Kenya
5. Swayam Shikshan Prayog, India
6. Himanshu Parikh Consulting Engineers, India
7. The Clean Shop, South Africa
8. Centre for Community Organisation and Development, Malawi
9. Manna Energy Foundation, United States
Now we need your help: Log onto http://www.changemakers.net, read through these inventive solutions and select your 3 favorites by May 11. The three winners will each receive $5,000.
Your voice is vital. Vote today!
January 19, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Hello fellow ONE member,
I appreciate Bono speaking out on behalf of the worlds poor and sick. Don’t forget that the number one question asked Obama was “Will you legalize marijuana?”. Think about the benefits that medical cannabis can have on the millions of suffering Africans. I am very disturbed when I hear that UN Police are using international aid money to persecute cannabis growers in Africa and destroy such an important beneficial crop. Bono has enormous influence on UN leaders, and some of the world’s most powerful people. Please don’t think for a moment that by removing cannabis the UN is in any way helping the poor people of Africa or any other continent. This is a grave injustice, and I’m sure the sick and dying Africans effected by such laws would agree. The cannabis plant can help to provide food, clothing, shelter, safe medicine, and eco-friendly fuel. If the One Campaign really wants to help the poor, we should let them grow hemp, and if we must get involved, help them succeed in taking advantage of the many benefits of the hemp industry.
I hope Bono keeps up the good work, and helps to stop the bad work.
Thanx. www.nycamp.org