What a positive mission statement! That single sentence encapsulates so much but is one that could be echoed in all countries around the world, including our own.<\/p>\n
Environment Africa called for everyone to take a challenge – a very difficult challenge as it happens…<\/p>\n
Switch off your water at the main source in your home for 24 hours.<\/p>\n
The closest point at which you could walk to fetch water must be a minimum of 1 kilometer away from your home, no hopping in your car and driving, you must walk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sounds simple enough, but I challenge you to do it, for 24 hours and it will give you a new perspective on how we take water for granted and how we cannot live without it.\u00a0 For many people living in rural communities, this is not a 24 hour challenge, but an every day reality with people having to walk many kilometres each day to fetch water.”<\/p>\n
So how did the thought of that make you feel? Did you get a shiver down your spine at the inconvenience that living without water would cause? Are you prepared to take that challenge? Being aware of just how much water we use daily is a start in appreciating just how precious this resource is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We take this precious resource for granted but imagine having to walk a kilometre every day to fetch your supply. This is our story without water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[564,1797],"tags":[431,1820],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Water and life in the Irish rural slow lane<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n