Sanitizing Water, Not Facts.
November 21st, 2007 at 10:29 am | posted by Virginia SimmonsYesterday, 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
November 22nd, 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
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