The role of education in water issues

60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference

What is development education?

Its an active learning process which enables people to

understand the links between their own lives and those

of people throughout the world,

in a changing global society that is multicultural and

interdependent and

It aims to promote knowledge, skill and values about

development in the North and in the South

and to explore strategies to change the unequal

distribution of the power and resources in the world.

Knowledge

To promote awareness and understanding of the causes related to development issues and of the interdependence between local and global issues. Water is one of the most important issues nowadays.

Major issues

Water as a right.Water consume in different places in the world.Water conservationWater and developmentWater and conflictWater and health

Water as a right

For about 1.1 billion of people around the world, water resources are ureliable and unsafe.

Water consume in the World

•Since 1950 the world population has doubled while water consumption has increases six-fold.

•The average person in Europe uses about 104 litres of domestic water each day. IN USA uses over 300 litres and in Madagascar 6 litres.

•About 700 millions people live beyond scarcity of water

Water and consume

Water conservation

The world is facing a growing crisis of water scarcity:contamination of rivers and lakes and loss of aquatic biodiversity.

Water and development

Water insecurity poses a real threat to human development in many places.

Most of the people lacking access to water are poor.

Water and conflict

Scarcity of water is related to policy decision.Scarcity is the root of many conflict in the world.

Water and health

Diseases spread easily in areas in which people have no access to fresh drinking water and adequate sanitation

Skills and values

To develop skills, attitudes and values that enable people to work together, towards achieving a more just and sustainable world.

Enable people to explore the esential role that water plays in their lives.

ActionAt the local and global level.

Improved the management of water

Improve the supply of water by developing new

sources where possible.

Protecting the existing sources from pollution

Controlling demand for water and developing

less wasteful methods os using water and

energy.

Support the UNDP Recomendation about water.

Work with schools

Raising awareness of development

issues

Training

Campaigns

Advocacy

Adult learning

Activities identified as “Development Education”