“The sheer scale of dirty water means more people now die from contaminated and polluted water than from all forms of violence including wars,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today in recognition of World Water Day, observed annually on March 22.
Apropos of this UN-designated day, now in its 18th year, JDC is currently working with local partner, Prodev Foundation, to provide more than 300,000 gallons of clean drinking water daily to hundreds of thousands of displaced Haitians living in spontaneous settlements in Port-au-Prince. And among other H2O-related projects, JDC’s International Development Program in Ethiopia is widening access to fresh, potable water and raising sanitation standards through the construction of water wells, latrines, and an irrigation system in rural villages. Here’s to good health!
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