Worldwide Water Education
Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators, and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet — water.
World Water Day
International observance of World Water Day grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 of each year as World Day for Water by adopting a resolution. This day was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformance with recommendations of the United Nations (from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2009).
Prior to each World Water Day, a theme is designated. The 2009 theme is, “transboundary water.”
On March 22, in communities around the world, organizations, agencies, businesses, parents, teachers and communities use Project WET in conjunction with World Water Day to raise awareness of and knowledge about water resources.
Read about Project WET’ on World Water Day in the case studies Walmart Makes a Splash with Project WET and KIDs Conserve Water at ShopRite.
On World Water Day 2009, Project WET convened children’s activities at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. Project WET also released Discover Floods Educators Guide and Discover Floods Kids in Discovery series activity booklet in partnership with the:
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM).
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).
- UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research).