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“Our Blue Horizon”: Project WET CEO Talks Children and Water at the Our Water Counts Blog
"Experts predict that by 2025, more than half of the people in the world will live in countries that are classified as "water-stressed" or "water-scarce." What does that mean for today's children, who will come of age in this new reality?"
That's the question Project WET President and CEO Dennis Nelson asks as he opens his guest blog post on children and the future of water for the Our Water Counts website. Click here to read his full post, and please comment on it or share it with colleagues.
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Project WET CEO Profiled as Water “Action Figure”
Graphic created by Circle of Blue and used with their permission
Project WET's President, CEO and Founder Dennis Nelson was recently featured as a Circle of Blue Waternews "Action Figure". The Action Figure series profiles "innovators who are doing extraordinary work in water, food, and energy" and includes "social entrepreneurs, artists, poets, peacemakers, photographers, business leaders, negotiators, researchers, musicians, and visionaries who are inspiring change around the world one idea, one story at time."
Dennis' feature, prepared by Circle of Blue's Allison Vogelsong, begins with some of the early roots of Project WET:
Dennis Nelson grew up on his family's North Dakota farm, where the groundwater well barely supplied their basic needs. As a child, he didn't know why the water was scarce when their land was surrounded by wetlands, or "prairie potholes," as he calls them. "I simply couldn't make the connection at a young age about how we could have so much, and yet so little, water," he says. In 1984, Nelson created Project WET Foundation as a way to help young people better understand water issues like the ones he struggled with during his formative years.
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Get Knowledge with “Get Water!”
Last Friday's World Water Day also saw the launch of a new game for iPhones and iPads that seeks to educate the world about the challenges that girls and women face in the developing world with regard to water. Here's how Women for Water, a partner in the game's development with tech company Decade Global, describes "Get Water!":
The game follows the story of Maya, a young girl in the slums of India who is pulled from school to collect water for her family. Dodging peacocks and shooting boomerangs, the player of the game helps Maya find her way to clean water while discovering new components of Maya's story.
Maya is meant to represent the millions of women and girls who are impacted by the lack of sanitation and clean water. As Women for Water explains,
It turns out that in many parts of the world, water and sanitation facilities or a lack thereof is a strong determinant of a girl's educational achievement and thereby her chances of breaking the cycle of poverty. When schools don't have sanitation facilities, many girls start to miss school when they hit puberty and some even drop out entirely. And in areas where access to clean water is scarce, girls are often asked to stay home to collect and carry clean water for the household. This often causes them to fall behind and prevents them from getting the best education available.
Available as a free download on the iTunes store, "Get Water!" combines a compelling story with real gaming fun. Moreover, the app ultimately aims to raise not only awareness but also funds for providing basic water and sanitation facilities. "Get Water" is one video game you might not mind letting your kids play—once you've had a turn, that is.
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World Water Day 2013: Celebrating Educators Who Teach Water Cooperation
Happy World Water Day to all of our amazing partners and educators around the world!