Access to clean water promotes health and life, and no one can live without it. Water is essential to life, and all people should have access to safe, clean, and affordable water, no matter where they are and no matter who they are. It’s a human right. Yet, UNICEF reports that our world still has 2.2…
Water scarcity in Africa is an ongoing crisis needing our attention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one of every three people is impacted by a lack of clean water in the African region. WHO adds that the problem is getting worse because the water supply can’t meet the demand of the region’s growing…
THIS JUST IN: CBS NEWS SAYS THAT UNSAFE DRINKING WATER POSES THE GREATEST AND MOST IMMEDIATE GLOBAL THREAT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says that unsafe drinking water — not climate change — poses the greatest and most immediate global threat to the environment. In his first…
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune CAMOTAN, Guatemala – About a decade ago, the “rain began to fail” one May and summer came early in the Guatemala’s impoverished Dry Corridor. Since then, scanty precipitation has hurt the local harvests, but local peasant farmers have found a solution: they have learned to harvest the rain by collecting rainwater.…
When the new Sustainable Development Goals were launched in January, all of us at Healing Waters were pretty excited by the inclusion of #6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” Recently, the United Nations held their inaugural meeting to monitor progress. We’re excited to share this article with you on why…