Moms advocate for safe water: Recap of World Water Day 2013

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Last Friday, March 22 was World Water Day 2013, a powerful day of advocacy and awareness worldwide about the importance of safe water and sanitation. As part of the Global Team of 200, a group of social good mom bloggers from across the country who concentrate on women and girls, child hunger, and maternal health, I wrote my piece titled “Coming together for World Water Day“.

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Photo credit: WaterAid

Jennifer James, founder of Mom Bloggers for Social Good and The Global Team of 200 wrote this piece today on the popular blog site Babble called “Mom Bloggers in the Importance of Water” which documents the work our volunteer team of social good mom bloggers did for World Water Day 2013. I was honored to read it and wanted to share it with you all.

For every single Water Day post, Jennifer also prepared a YouTube video for each blogger that tells the world why water is important to them.  Here is mine…

I bet there are many facts about water you didn’t know. It is amazing how essential water is to life. I myself learned an awful lot on World Water Day 2013 by tweeting, reading about water and sanitation and by participating in a Google+ hangout by top water NGOs. It was an amazing day that I truly believe impacted and helped the 783 million people on this earth who do not have access to safe drinking water. I can hardly wait to do more!

The source of life….Clean, Safe, Accessible drinking water. 

Photo credit: Water Aid.

To read more about the work we did as part of the Global Team of 200 on World Water Day, visit our Tumblr page here:  World Water Day 2013 Tumblr Site

 

13 thoughts on “Moms advocate for safe water: Recap of World Water Day 2013”

    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Yes indeed. So true! I’m glad I can do this kind of advocacy work. It is so important. Every time I write about a new topic I learn so much myself.

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  2. Our house in the mountains in Italy has its own spring…one of the reasons we bought it. How lucky we are to have fresh spring water in tap. I wish this was the case for everyone.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Oh I love fresh Spring water! I bet it is delicious! 🙂

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  3. anotherjennifer – Brunswick, Maine – Jennifer Iacovelli is an author, blogger and nonprofit unicorn. Based in Brunswick, Maine, she’s a proud single mom of two boys and two Siberian huskies. Her books include The Mother Of All Meltdowns and Simple Giving: Easy Ways to Give Every Day. Her work has been featured on HuffPost Divorce, Maria Shriver, GOOD, BlogHer, ONE, USAID Impact, Feed the Future, PSI Impact blog and more. Her passions are writing, philanthropy, her awesome kids, bacon and lifting heavy objects, though not necessarily in that order.
    anotherjennifer on said:

    Great recap, Nicole. What a wonderful day it was. So happy I could be a part of it.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Me too! 🙂

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  4. loca4motion – Phuket, Thailand – Travel feeds my soul. The kick of living in foreign cultures keeps me awake. Photography, writing and the great outdoors are my passions.
    loca4motion on said:

    Another inspiring post, Nicole. When I was in Mongolia out on the steppe we had one shower in two weeks. Natural water sources are scarce. I can’t imagine how it is to live like that permanently. No wonder they drink so much mare’s milk.

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Wow that is fascinating Lucy. I really have Mongolia on my list. Someday I’ll get there. 🙂 One shower in two weeks sounds dodgy but I could do it!

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      • loca4motion – Phuket, Thailand – Travel feeds my soul. The kick of living in foreign cultures keeps me awake. Photography, writing and the great outdoors are my passions.
        loca4motion on said:

        Now I have family in Mongolia I’ll definitely go back. It’s an incredible country but very harsh. Not somewhere I’d consider living in. I do like my showers!

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thanks so incredibly much for the link. The more we can increase awareness the better! 🙂

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    • thirdeyemom – Writer, traveler, hiker and global humanitarian traveling the world and doing good. Member of Impact Travel Alliance Media Network. 40+ countries and still wandering sharing my journey along the way.
      thirdeyemom on said:

      Thank you so much! 🙂 So important to help advocate and increase awareness.

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