Global Water Crisis

                The January 2008 issue of the U.S. Columban JPIC Newsletter focuses on water.

Franciscans International -North America -- Important Links

Public Citizen
Public Citizen is campaigning to protect universal access to clean and affordable drinking water by keeping it in public hands.

FirstFood.org   Water as Commodity - The Wrong Prescription
By Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians

United Nations Development Programme - Water Governance
Water plays a pivotal role for sustainable development, including poverty reduction.

Will our children have water to drink?
The Johannesburg Earth Summit highlighted the urgent need of many countries to secure greater freshwater supplies. Alan Ervine talks to Kenneth Noble about what can be done to turn aspiration into reality

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