Artist Christine Destrempes is creating the installation and public art project, 13,699, to raise awareness of the number of people who die every day from water-related diseases because they do not have access to clean water. Follow the link to Christine’s website to learn more about this project.

LINK: EXPLORING THE PERSONALITY OF WATER

Listen to correspondent Nina Martinek’s touching report on UNICEF television about the activities and efforts being done to provide fresh safe drinking water, hygiene and water to rural villages in Niger. Approximately 64% of people in rural Niger do not have access to safe drinking water. They must walk long distances to fetch water and are often left no choice but to rely on stagnant pools of water for drinking, cleaning and washing.  As a result, water borne diseases, lack of hygiene and inadequate sanitation perpetuate a cycle of poverty and malnutrition in children, as well as other members of the community. Nina Martinek reports on how UNICEF’s support in the contruction and rehabilitation of bore holes and cemented wells in Nigers has eased the lives of women and children and ultimately improved the life and health of the community.

 LINK: UNICEF REPORT