World Water Day is a day dedicated to spreading awareness of the importance of fresh water through social media, educational events, campaigns, etc. In the past, the annual themes of World Water Day included sanitation, cooperation, energy, culture and more. This year, the theme is “Water and Jobs,” focusing on the power that water and jobs have to transform people’s lives.
“Today, almost half of the world’s workers – 1.5 billion people – work in water related sectors and nearly all jobs depend on water and those that ensure its safe delivery. Yet the millions of people who work in water are often not recognized or
protected by basic labor rights.”
– United Nations Water
Kenya: Homa Bay, Nyauu DDCU, TechnoServe project using animal draft power for farming, two men pumping water from well.
Kenya: Luo fishing village, fisherman paddling boat
Africa: Kenya, Rift Valley, KickStart photo assignment, Africa: Kenya, Rift Valley, Kick Start photo assignment, Njoro, western wall of the Rift Valley, farm of Nathan (MPR) and Jane Langat (MPR), water tank from which KickStart hip pump draws water for irrigation
USA: Washington, Columbia River Basin, barge with USACE Juvenile Fish Transportation on Columbia River, east of Bingen
USA: New Jersey, Peapack, Upper Raritan Watershed Association, stream water monitoring training, in the field, Peapack Brook in North Branch of Raritan River watershed, Jeremy Carlson of Americorps with mother (Pamela Klawitter) and son ( Steve Klawitter) volunteers inspecting macro invertebrates collected in nets, MR
To find out more about World Water Day and how you can help spread awareness, you can visit the UN Water website.
No Water No Life® is an LLC project founded in 2006 to raise awareness of the values and vulnerability of our freshwater resources, plus solutions to their sustainable management. NWNL Director and lead photographer Alison M Jones is Sr Fellow of International League of Conservation Photographers and International League of Conservation Writers, a Fellow of The Explorers Club, and member of North American Nature Photography Assoc., Society of Environmental Journalists, Tewksbury Land Trust Board (NJ), and other related organizations.
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