World Water Day: Valuing Water

 

22nd March, 2021

Valuing water across the region: World Water Day

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Water is a valuable resource. In communities, households, schools and workplaces, water means health, hygiene, dignity and productivity. 

 

Our partners are working tirelessly with communities to support sustainable and equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), we are also undertaking research to enhance learning and build evidence for gender and socially inclusive research, analysis, design and program delivery in WASH.

 

See their updates from across the region below that illustrate the many and varied ways in which they are 'valuing water.'

 

Pacific

 

A woman is speaking to two people in a community in Papua New Guinea
A young man in a wheelchair is speaking at a a photo exhibition opening event
A group of school girls laugh and smile at the camera in Solomon Islands
A Fijian woman is sitting and smiling at the camera

 

 

South East Asia

 

A woman bends down to collect water from a water filter in a health care facility
A man on his mobility scooter smiles at the camera from his home village
A group are sitting on a hillside during a handwashing demonstration in Nepal
A group of women in India are standing outdoors celebrating International Women's Day
A woman is helping lay a water pipe at a building site in a community in India

 

South East Asia

 

A woman and her husband are smiling at the camera in front of some greenery in Cambodia
Two women and a young boy are smiling at the camera from their home in Indonesia
A water supply system with many large tanks and pipes and fencing, a Vietnamese flag flies above it
A woman is sitting at her business in Lao PDR, she is being interviewed
A group of people sit with their backs to the camera as they participate in a workshop in Timor-Leste

The value of water is about much more than its price – in communities, households, schools and workplaces, water means health, hygiene, dignity, productivity and more.

 

Throughout March, for International Women's Day and World Water Day, we are celebrating the value of women and the value of water. Both are critical to building healthy and climate-resilient communities. 

 

Cover photo by Live and Learn Environmental Education in Solomon Islands

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