UNICEF launches a campaign for potable water

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched a global Instagram campaign to raise awareness on the necessity of potable water and protection of the environment to save millions of people.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by UNICEF Nigeria’s Chief of Communication, Ms Doune Porterand, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The campaign is part of activities to commemorate 2016 World Water Day, with the theme “Better Water, Better Jobs”.

The UN body said that providing safe water to millions of people around the world would be challenging due to climate change, adding that 
billions of people could be drinking contaminated water.

It, however, said that measures were being taken for testing of drinking water.

“Starting on World Water Day and ending with the signing of the Paris Agreement on April 22, UNICEF is launching a global Instagram campaign to raise awareness of the link between water, environment and climate change.
“The push to bring safe water to millions around the world is going to be even more challenging due to climate change.

“Climate change threatens both water supply and water safety for millions of children living in drought or flood-prone areas.

“Technology shows that an estimated 1.8 billion people may be drinking water contaminated by `e-coli’, meaning there is faecal material in their water, even from some improved 
sources”, it said.