World Water Day 2015, is a day to celebrate, a day to change, a day to prepare. It is marked on the 22nd of March every year. It’s a day to celebrate water. It’s a day to make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related issues. It’s a day to prepare for how we manage water in the future.

The students attending the Gozo College Secondary School will once again be celebrating the day by taking part in a ‘Walk for Water,’ collecting money along the way, which will then be donated to a charity involved in building wells in underdeveloped countries.

This is not the first time that such an initiative was taken by this school, last year the students raised €600 on their walk for water.

In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March as the first World Water Day. 22 years later, World Water Day is celebrated around the world shining the spotlight on a different issue every year.

The concept of Walking for Water was initiated in the Netherlands by the NGO Aqua for All and each year their is an increase in the number of children who participate.

Many children in developing countries around the world have to walk an average of 6 km every day to get clean water, and the children participating in the ‘Walks for Water ‘carry water in their backpacks and walk for 6 kilometres as a way of showing solidarity with these children in developing countries.

In 2015, the theme for World Water Day is ‘Water and Sustainable Development.’ It’s about how water links to all areas we need to consider to create the future we want.

Each year, UN-Water provides resources to inspire celebrations for World Water Day.

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