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L’eau pour tous, tous pour l’eau

Créée par Guy Laliberté, ONE DROP lutte contre la pauvreté en donnant accès à l’eau et en sensibilisant les personnes et les communautés aux enjeux de l’eau et à la nécessité de s’engager pour que de l’eau de qualité soit accessible à tous, en quantité suffisante, aujourd’hui et demain. L'EAU POUR TOUS, TOUS POUR L'EAU

Water and education are closely linked, particulary in developing countries. Every day, millions of children are deprived of their right to learn because they have no easy access to water and sanitation. In underprivileged countries where water is a rare resource, children must walk long hours to fetch water at the source or from a well, and to lead cattle to a stream. Girls are most often the ones who are left with these tasks, in the same way as they are the ones who must care for their loved ones suffering from waterborne diseases. Difficult access to water therefore explains in part why 104 million children, among which 65 million girls, are currently absent from school. Education is also effected by water contamination, since the resulting diseases force a great number of children to stay home. As a consequence, 443 million school days are lost each year because of infections linked to contaminated water. As for the children who continue to go to school in spite of it all, their learning abilities are often weakened by these diseases that affect their memory and concentration. Education is a driving force for a country’s development. To break the vicious circle of poverty, access to water must become a reality for all. www.onedrop.org
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Water and education are closely linked, particulary in developing countries. Every day, millions of children are deprived of their right to learn because they have no easy access to water and sanitation. In underprivileged countries where water is a rare resource, children must walk long hours to fetch water at the source or from a well, and to lead cattle to a stream. Girls are most often the ones who are left with these tasks, in the same way as they are the ones who must care for their loved ones suffering from waterborne diseases. Difficult access to water therefore explains in part why 104 million children, among which 65 million girls, are currently absent from school. Education is also effected by water contamination, since the resulting diseases force a great number of children to stay home. As a consequence, 443 million school days are lost each year because of infections linked to contaminated water. As for the children who continue to go to school in spite of it all, their learning abilities are often weakened by these diseases that affect their memory and concentration. Education is a driving force for a country’s development. To break the vicious circle of poverty, access to water must become a reality for all. www.onedrop.org
 
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We call Earth the “blue planet” because of the tremendous quantity of water that covers it, giving it the distinctive bluish tint that we see from space. In fact, water—oceans, lakes, rivers and glaciers—covers approximately 70% of the Earth’s surface. Of this seemingly astronomical quantity, only 25% is in the form of freshwater, accessible to human beings for drinking. Almost all of Earth’s water is either salty or imprisoned in ice caps or groundwater bodies that are hard to access because of their depth. This is why we say that water is a scarce resource. If we often consider water resources in terms of their vital, domestic, industrial and agricultural uses, we sometimes forget just how much these resources are an integral part of the physical environment that surrounds them. The Earth’s landscape is composed of a vast number of elements that, together, make up the thousand and one faces of our planet, rendered unique thanks to water. The immensity of the ocean, the powerful nature of cataracts and the eternal snows that embellish mountain tops form water’s many shapes, each adding to the beauty of Earth and making it an environment conducive to life. www.onedrop.org
 
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Water is as essential to our survival as the air we breathe. And much like the right to life itself, access to water is a fundamental human right. The right to water guarantees that each and all individuals have affordable access to safe water in sufficient quantities to meet their basic needs such as drinking and eating, sanitation, food preparation and personal hygiene. Water ensures the survival, health and dignity of human beings, and access to this resource is essential to the fulfillment of several other fundamental rights. Then how can hundreds of millions of people still be without access to safe drinking water? While the right to water is protected by several international treaties, it is still but a dream for many people, especially in developing countries. If the responsibility for making sure everyone has access to water falls on governments, we, as individuals and collectively, have the power to affect change. By staying informed and adding our voices to the thousands of other voices who are calling for universal access to water, we can fulfill the water for all, all for water dream. www.onedrop.org
 
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ONE DROP: Water is essential to life
 
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Moving Stars and Earth for Water will be a special two-hour program which will take us through 14 cities around the world and will bring together personalities such as Al Gore, Dr. David Suzuki, Shakira, Tatuya Ishii, U2 and many others who will join voices with Guy Laliberté to celebrate water next October 9. Facebook Event : http://bit.ly/18WuxO
 
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Moving Stars and Earth for Water will be a special two-hour program which will take us through 14 cities around the world and will bring together personalities such as Al Gore, Dr. David Suzuki, Shakira, Tatuya Ishii, U2 and many others who will join voices with Guy Laliberté to celebrate water next October 9. http://www.onedrop.org/en Facebook Event : http://bit.ly/18WuxO
 
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Guy Laliberté explique la mission, les buts et les objectifs de ONE DROP + infos: http://www.onedrop.org/fr/foundation/who-we-are/mission-and-values.aspx
 
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To fight against poverty by providing access to water and raising awareness among individuals and communities about the need for mobilization in order to make safe water accessible to all, in sufficient quantity, today and tomorrow. + on: http://www.onedrop.org
 
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Lutter contre la pauvreté en favorisant l’accès à l’eau et en sensibilisant les personnes et les communautés à la nécessité de se mobiliser afin que de l’eau de qualité soit accessible à tous en quantité suffisante, aujourd’hui et demain. + sur: http://www.onedrop.org
 
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