Tag: drinkable water

Watch: OneShot — UNICEF France’s Water Night For Children In Haiti

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 22, 2019

Detail of photograph by Marco Dormino UNICEF/OneShot

Access to safe water is a universal right. Yet, it is far from being a reality. As part of the United Nations’ World Water Day on March 22, UNICEF France created with the French Swimming Federation “La Nuit de l’Eau” (Water Night): 230 swimming pools nationwide are holding water sports events and other fun activities Saturday in an effort to raise awareness (and funds) for water access programs in Haiti. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/V_7J6vD45O8 expand=1] UNICEF France’s 2019 Nuit de l’Eau for children in Haiti — ©Marco Dormino/UNICEF/OneShot OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph […]

Tags children, children's rights, cholera, clean water, drinkable water, drinking water, earthquake, france, future, haiti, health, human rights, humanitarian help, hygiene, international day, unicef, water, well

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In Peru, A Highway Billboard That Turns Wind Into Water

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Post date February 22, 2013

LIMA – You’ve seen highway billboards advertising some rest-stop or hotel: “Oasis, Next Exit.” Now in Peru, there’s a billboard that actually is itself something of an oasis. The Technology and Engineering University of Peru has installed a billboard panel along the Panamericana Sur (PanAmerican highway) highway that generates 96 liters of drinkable water a […]

Tags billboard, drinkable water, humidity condenser, lima, peru, purified water, water filter, water scarcity

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Water Is Everyone’s Business As World Population Tops Seven Billion

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Post date February 10, 2013

Water Drop fox_kiyo

As many as one billion people may not have access to clean drinking water by 2050. Changes are needed, which may also create investment opportunities.

Tags argentina, collective investment fund, drinkable water, population growth, population statistics, starbucks