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Education Corner - Supply and Sanitation
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Water supply and sanitation are essential for meeting basic needs. For millions of people around the world, access to clean and adequate water is a daily struggle. 1.1 billion people lack access to improved water supply, 2.4 billion to adequate sanitation. The race is on to supply those lacking with this basic human right.
Read more about water supply and sanitation on the related Facts and Figures page here.
Take A Dip
From September 8 - November 14, 2003, Participate in a collaborative project, comparing the water quality of your local river, stream, lake or pond with other fresh water sources around the world. Age Group: 10-14
Language(s) English, Spanish
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 The Network Challenge
Source Thames Water
The activity simulates a real engineering project in planning, buying, building and commissioning a water supply network. You must balance choices of routes, materials, customer needs cost and the environment and health and safety to successfully complete the project. For teachers there is a downloadable version for use in schools with a full set of background and teaching notes.
Language(s) English
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Water in Africa
Source Water Wise Schools
Website with many lesson plans and activities on Water in Africa for different grades and ages as well as in different subjects. Some lessons include Access to Water, Celebrating our connections through water, climate and water in Ghana etc.
Language(s) English
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 Mistnets of Chile File format .zip Size 22k
The inhabitants of a small village in Chile, after having suffered from water shortages for years, have come up with an innovative solution. Huge plastic mesh nets trap the fog, and the condensed droplets then run through a series of gutters and pipes to the village. These mistnets have provided sufficient good-quality water to meet the basic needs and more of the villagers.
Language English Source Water, the Drop of Life, video produced by Swynk |
DEPweb: Access to safe water
This section of the Development Education Program (DEP) of the World Bank includes tools and resources to help teachers and students study the issue of the access to safe water. It includes texts, maps, charts, photos, all of them going with exercices that can be done online.
Language(s) English Age group All |
DGA Youth
Information on the cycle of water, water contamination, and lots of information for both students and teachers of all ages to download. Also organize several contests for young people.
Language(s) Spanish |
WaterCan
WaterCan helps citizens of developing countries build sustainable water supply and sanitation services. Visit the kids’ page for games, crosswords, tests, colouring sheets and quizzes.
Language(s) english;french |
 The adventures of Hidrolin Source Comision Nacional del Agua, Mexico
Interactive video game teaches young people about the water cycle, water use and protection.
Language(s) Spanish
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 Water Supply Game Source WaterAid UK
Work out how you would help villagers in Ghana, Nepal and Ethiopia to build a water supply. You can see the issues and challenges that WaterAid and the villagers have to face when planning and building their water projects.Teacher's notes also available.
Language(s) English
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