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    UAE committed to conserving water resources

    21 Mar 2021

    This year is the 28th year of “World Water Day” and on its eve, two women leaders, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) director general Audrey Azoulay and UAE Minister of State for Food and Water Security Mariam Almheiri called on everyone to contribute to the sustainable conservation and use of this valuable global resource which man and the biodiversity could not live without.

    Water bearers quench thirst in Ramadan, but fear for their trade in Pakistani city of Karachi

    10 May 2021

    For more than four decades Ramzan has been a “mashki,” or water bearer, an age-old profession now in decline as water companies and tankers increasingly supply residents.

    Abu Dhabi based-Ma Hawa collaborates with leading organisations for humanitarian cause

    22 Nov 2023

    “Ma Hawa is proud to play its role in humanitarian causes. Through our alliance with organisations like Emirates Red Crescent, Ma Hawa will provide clean drinking water to needy populations across the world.”

    UAE will continue to find sustainable solutions to provide fresh water to those most in need: President

    22 Mar 2024

    The President wrote on X, “On World Water Day, we reaffirm our commitment to overcoming the challenge of water scarcity.

    2 billion people have no access to clean water, says UN report

    23 Mar 2024

    Roughly half of the planet's population is facing grave water shortages, with climate change-linked droughts affecting more than 1.4 billion people between 2002 and 2021, the report for the UN cultural agency UNESCO said.

    Muslim Council of Elders commends ‘Mohamed Bin Zayed Water Initiative’

    23 Mar 2024

    The Council emphasised that in Islam, water is described as a source of life. Therefore, it strongly encourages the rational consumption of water and prohibits extravagance in its use.

    UAE launches 32 projects in Red Sea Coast to provide drinking water to 600,000 Yemenis

    06 Jul 2020

    The ERC aims to restore, maintain and build strategic central water projects in many populated areas, which were welcomed by local residents.

    Water access crucial to beat COVID-19 spread

    24 Mar 2020

    With the world drowned in misery caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the World Water Day 2020, marked on March 22, passed by faintly without many people even realising its significance.

    India’s water crisis could worsen situation

    24 Mar 2020

    About 160 million of India’s 1.3 billion people do not have access to clean water. One can only hope fervently that the coronavirus outbreak does not move into community spread in India – the dreaded stage in our battle against the pandemic.

    English fishing village told to boil water after outbreak from parasite sickens over 45 people

    17 May 2024

    Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water.

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