The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Many World Water Day events for awareness and fund raising are being held around the world. They include: – many walks for water and fund raising in the USA and Europe for a project in Africa or Asia; – school campaigns – street theatre shows – film shows – concerts – a new animated adventure-comedy series for kids aged 5-8 – newspaper articles and radio programmes. To see a map of events, visit the link opposite.
World’s longest toilet queue As part of World Water Day there are many toilet queues taking place all over the world from 20-22 March 2010 under the End of Water Poverty campaign umbrella. It is a Guinness World Record attempt to create Worlds’ longest toilet queue to help solve the global sanitation crisis at the same time.
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