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WORLD WATER DAY - "Leaving no one behind"...!

 WORLD WATER DAY 


The United nations has started celebrating March 22nd as THE WORLD WATER DAY  since 1993 , to analyse the progress that have been made by various organizations in terms of programs and events to conserve the water . They have different objectives each year , called themes . They work upon it and analyse the developments every year . This is years theme is "Leaving no one behind" , they want EVERYONE  to get access of clean water by the year 2030 . There are milllions of communities , societies and minorities who are still not getting clean fresh water even for drinking . 

The most important objective of this day is to educate people about how to use water effectively , make them aware about those , who are having a problem of not getting clean drinking water and persuade them to save water . 

There are already a lot of organizations who have been working hard to get people out of this menace . Non-governmental organizations active in the WASH (water sanitation and hygiene ) sector , such as UNICEF , WaterAid and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) , use the day to raise public awareness , get media attention for water issues and inspire action . Activities have included releasing publications and films , as well as organizing round tables, seminars and expositions .
End Water Poverty , a global civil society coalition with 250 partner organizations, sponsors Water Action Month each year and offers an event-planning guidebook .
The UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) is released each year on World Water Day. Information related to the annual theme gives decision-makers tools to implement sustainable use of water resources .
More and more initiatives in schools and universities are educating people about the importance of conserving and managing water resources . For example , Michigan State University held a contest for "best World Water Day poster" in 2017 . Primary school children in the Philippines participated in a "My School Toilet" contest in 2010 .

The impact came in 2016 at its best , In 2016 , the World Water Day campaign and related publications reached millions of people through social media , dedicated websites and other channels: The UN-Water annual report states that social media engagement (hashtag #WorldWaterDay) had a maximum potential reach of 1.6 billion people worldwide in 2016 . Over 500 events in 1000 countries were registered on the World Water Day website that year .

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