World Water Day, shocking figures

Today we celebrate World Water Day, organized by the United Nations since 1992, to raise awareness among the world's population about the centrality of this natural resource for our survival and the survival of our planet. need to take care of it.

The motto, this time, is "Leave no one behind": the goal is to remember that water is a human right and that, regardless of its color, bad or religion, every person should have access. It is an adaptation of the central promise of the Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030, signed four years ago: to the extent that sustainable development progresses, every human being should benefit from this development.

"Whoever you are, wherever you are, water is your human right." Access to water is the foundation of public health and is therefore fundamental to sustainable development and for all people. stable and prosperous world We can not progress as a global society as long as: people live without safe water (safe water), "says a brief report released by the UN.

Below, some basic data to understand the dimension of the problem of water on our planet:

• More than 2 billion people in the world live without access to safe water at home.
• One in four primary school does not have potable water service.
• More than 700 children under the age of five die daily from diarrhea due to the consumption of unsafe water.
• About 159 million people fetch water from the surface, like ponds.
• About two-thirds of the world's population is experiencing severe water shortages for at least one month a year.
• By 2030, 700 million people in the world could be displaced from their places of origin because of the scarcity of water.