Program Overview
Despite its seeming abundance, freshwater proves scarce in places as far apart as the United States and Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the effects of pollution and climate change have severely jeopardized the existence of water-dependent species in both plants and animals. As part of a new initiative on water, UNANIMA works to develop and distribute comprehensive materials that reflect the necessity of water for life in all ecosystems. Our water campaign, WATER = LIFE, is now underway.
Program Resources
Lenten Reflections on Water 2011: Africa (DOC)
Lenten Reflections on Water 2011: Australia (DOC)
Lenten Reflections on Water 2011: Europe (DOC)
Lenten Reflections on Water 2011: Latin America (DOC)
Lent Prayers on the Theme of Water (PDF)
UN Human Right to Water and Sanitation Resolution Final Text (PDF)
Catherine Ferguson: ‘Briefing on the MDGs and the Right to Water and Sanitation’ (DOC)
SNJM Water Booklet (PDF)
Program Actions
10th Anniversary Prayer Program – Water (DOC)
10th Anniversary Prayer Program – Water (PDF)
World Water Day
Even though you must have thought we missed it (on March 22) your UNANIMA board was right on time. At the board meeting on March 1-3 they voted in the following resolution:
UNANIMA International, an NGO in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, “collaborates with individuals, groups, organizations, and especially the UN to protect…access to life-giving water (as) an essential right for all life forms.”
Join our 10th anniversary celebration!
We invite you to join the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of UNANIMA by praying together on the last day of each month. The 31 October prayer focuses on the human right to water. November’s will focus on Immigrants and Refugees.
10th Anniversary Prayer Program – Water (DOC)
10th Anniversary Prayer Program – Water (PDF)
Collaboration on the Right to Water
UNANIMA International collaborated with Food and Water Watch in mid September to present a joint letter to bring fracking to the attention of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. This effort is focused on informing the work of Caterina De Albuquerque, the UN special rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation.
Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” uses “brute force” to blast open oil, gas and coal formations with highly pressurized chemical fluids or gases. It is the subject of serious government investigations throughout North America. In 2002, the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment held a Linking Water Science to Policy Workshop. The workshop report concluded that unconventional natural gas drilling posed a real threat to groundwater quality and quantity, and that the nation needs “baseline hydrogeological investigations…to be able to recognize and track groundwater contaminants.”
Now that the human right to water has…
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