Events for World Water Day 2009
This is an overview of events around World Water Day. If you are organizing an event that is not listed here, please submit it.
Global/Internet
International Poster Contest
Nature's Voice Our Choice, Alexandria, VA
"William Waterway's" WATER POETRY CONTEST
"Water Voices from Around The World", International
ClearBlue Global Water Project Fundraiser
ClearBlue Global Water Project, Akron,Ohio to the World
6K Walk/Run for World Water Day
Blue Planet Run Foundation,
Waterband's World Water Day Internet Concert - 3WD
Waterband, Worldwide
Activism and Water Rights Webinar
Center for a New American Dream,
Provide Clean Water Just by Using your Email
www.replyforall.com,
Svetski Dan Vode u Vrbi
Ekolosko drustvo Vrba, Kraljevo,Srbija
Support water projects worldwide! GlobalGiving's "Fill The Glass" March Campaign
GlobalGiving, Washington DC
Excellent Development's Bottled Water Study
Excellent Development, London
Ask Congress to combat global poverty
WaterAid America,
Take The H2O Challenge
theh2oproject.org, All Cities
Thirst Aid Live - online fundraiser
Thirst Aid Live benefiting Thirst Relief International, online
Australia
World Water Day - No Uranium Mining
Families For A Nuclear Free Future, Alice Springs
WaterAid World Water Day Challenge
WaterAid Australia, National
Bangladesh
Observance of the World Water Day 2009 in Bangladesh
NGO Forum DWSS,
World Water Day by SAFE
Safety Assistance For Emergencies, Dhaka
Brazil
World Water Day at Municipal Park
Municipality and Switch Project, Belo Horizonte
World Water Day at Anne Frank School
Municipalyti and SWITCH Project, Belo Horizonte
Comemoração ao Dia da Água - Exposição
Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias FTC, Salvador, Feira de Santana, Jequié, Itabuna e Vitoria da Conquista
Water Day in the Faculty of Technology and Sciences (FTC)
Faculty of Technology and Sciences Teaching Network, Salvador, Feira de Santana, Jequié, Itabuna e Vitória da Conquista
Canada
World Water Day Celebration: Fort McMurray!
CAWST, the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, Fort McMurray, Alberta
World Water Day Celebration: Calgary!
CAWST, the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, Calgary, Alberta
The National Toilet Seat Petition
WaterCan/EauVive and the Sanitation and Water Action Network Canada (SWAN), Ottawa,
World Water Day
Vancouver Island Students' Union, Nanaimo
Beach Party
Groove Kitch'n, Calgary
Let's Celebrate Water
St Thomas United Church, Calgary
World Water Day - Windsor!
Essex Region Conservation Authority, Windsor
Water. From the World to Elmvale
The Elmvale Foundation, Elmvale, Ontario
"Dig Deep For Water" Drive
Students affiliated with Engineers Without Borders, Toronto
Egypt
The Third International Water Festival
Arab Environment Association, Alexandria
Happy World Water Day
African Network of Environmental Journalists,
Germany
Tag der Wasser-Bewegungen & Projekte in Berlin
Weltwassertag.net, Wasserbote.de & trust GAIA gemeinnütziger e.V., Kreuzberg
„Die Kraft des Wassers“ – Stark ins Jahr mit Kneipp und Thermal
Städtische Kurdirektion Bad Wörishofen, Bad Wörishofen
CPA Pfadfinder Oberhavel - Weltwassertag 2009
CPA Pfadfinder Oberhavel, Oranienburg
Greece
New Technologies in Water Management
Balkan Environment Center, Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum, «NOESIS».
Hungary
Joint WWD celebration of the Hungarian Hydrological Society and the Hungarian Society of Agro-Sciences
Hungarian Hydrological Society, Budapest
India
World Water Day by Gramalaya
Gramalaya, Tiruchirappalli
World Water Day Celebration
The Institution of Engineers (India), Gujarat State Centre, Ahmedabad
World Water Day - Borrowers Meet by Guardian MFI
Guardian MFI, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu
Workshop on Trasboudary Waters, Water Conservation and Pollution Abatment,
Bharathi Theertha and Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
WWD Celebration
Center for Arts, Science & Technology, Alwarkurichi
World Water Day observed: Water For Life-VEDIC, Ganjam, India
VEDIC[Vivekananda Educational Development Institute for Citizens], Ganjam (Or), India, Brahmapur, Ganjam, Orissa
World Water Day
Association of Engineers, Kerala, South India, Munnar
World Water Day
Centre for Sustainable Development, Mandi
A Small Step- A Big Initiative
Development Alternatives, New Delhi, India
Workshop on River flows
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Alwarkurichi and Centre for Arts ,Science and Technology,Tuticorin,Tamilnadu, Alwarkurichi
SBI, Coimbatore organizes World Water Day Celebrations
Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Akkarai negamum village
Workshop on Transboundary Waters
Andhra University and Bharathi Theertha, Viskhapatnam
World Water Day Celebration
Bharathi Theertha, Visakhapatnam
World Water Day Celebration
Bharathi Theertha, Vizianagaram
Training of Trainers in Coimbatore - Innovative teaching aids to sensitize school communities on better water management
Organized by Siruthuli and Elgi Trust. Conducted by Arghyam., Coimbatore
World Water Day
Siruthuli, Coimbatore
World Water Day Event at Madiwala Lake, Bangalore
India Water Portal, Bangalore
In Search of a River - Exhibition of Paintings by Prakash Bal Joshi to mark World Water Day
Indiaart Gallery, Pune
Water Supply in capital town Jaipur
INDIAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, JAIPUR CENTER, Jaipur
Save Water - Save Vizag
Magnus School of Business, Vizag
Jal-Pujana at Ahmednagar, India
Sinchan Sahayoga, ahmednagar, Ahmednagar
Indonesia
economize water to take care of one future
Collegiate Tying of SMU Country 2 Jayapura Generation 99, Papua, Indonesia, Jayapura
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Photo Exhibition of Iranian photographer, Amir Reza Fakhri , Winner of the Prize for Excellence at the ACCU Asia-Pacific ESD Photo Message Contest
Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Tehran
Kenya
Hekima College World Water Day action
Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) – Hekima College, Nairobi
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Prepared Society, Mombasa
Malaysia
Save Bukit Larut
Forum Air Malaysia (Malaysian Water Forum), Taiping
River Clean-up Project by Sri KDU Secondary School
SRI KDU Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur
World Water Day 2009 @ Iskandar Malaysia
SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd, Johor Bahru
Netherlands
World Water Day 2009. The right to water & sanitation: actions, not words!
Unicef, NWP & Aqua for All, Rotterdam
New Zealand
Tap Project New Zealand
UNICEF (UN Children's Fund New Zealand), Country-wide
Wellingtons World Water Day celebrations
Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council , Wellington
Pakistan
Water for Women and Girls of Cholistan - A path to empowerment
GOHER-Pakistan, Derawar Fort
Philippines
World Water Day 2009 Oil Painting Workshop for Young Kids
Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project, Rapu-Rapu Albay
Poland
Small Springs Form Great Waters. Polish Network of Ecoclubs selebrates the World Water Day
Polish Network of Ecoclubs, Lodz
Puerto Rico
Hydrology for the Environment, Living & Policy (HELP)
USDA Forest Service - El Yunque National Forest, Rio Grande
Romania
World Water Day - Science Lab
Babel Junior, Timisoara
"Water for Life"
High School ,,Decebal", Constanta
The water-mistery of life
Scoala cu clasele I-VIII Cristian, Cristian, Sibiu
Water Day
Scouts Romania, Corabia, Olt
Slovakia
Cistenie rieky Zitavy
FONTIS, Zlate Moravce & Vrable
XIV. conference "Transboundary waters"
Ministry of Environment & resort organisation, Bratislava
South Africa
enviroWater 2009
Universities Duisburg-Essen and Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
Water Investment World Africa 2009
Terrapinn, Johannesburg
United Kingdom
Water of Life Half Marathon
AMREF, Diageo, Purple Patch Running, Marlow (just outside London)
Abseil down Bristol's Avon Gorge
Concern Universal, Bristol
United States
World Water Day PDX
Portland Roasting Coffee Company and Social Enterprises, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Henderson, Nevada -World Water Day Event/Walk
Southern Nevada Water Authority/City of Henderson, Henderson
Illinois RiverWatch Network Training Workshop
National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, Charleston
Hiking 4 Water ... on the Appalachian Trail
Hiking 4 Water, based in Lebanon, Tennessee
World Water Day 2009-Billings, MT
Hope 2 One Life, Billings
Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards
Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards Coalition, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Alameda County
The Thirsty for Change Benefit Jam Presented by UNICEF's Tap Project and mywaterfuture.com
UNICEF, San Diego, CA
World Water Day 2009 - Morro Bay
, Morro Bay
Water Unites Us: A Call to Humanitarianism via Artistic Expression
5050connection, New York
Habitat Restoration - Woodside, CA
Acterra, Woodside, CA
H2O for Those Who Thirst
Waters Edge Ministries, Winnsboro, SC
Walk for Water
City of Bellingham Public Works, Bellingham, WA
Vancouver's Walk for Water
City of Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, Vancouver
Know H20 - Water Heroes on Tour
Jonathan D. Krist Foundation, New Hope, PA
The Tap Project
U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Nationwide
World Water Day Walk on Alki Beach, Seattle WA
, Seattle
World Water Day at Garvies Point Museum
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, Glen Cove
Dream Maker/World Changer Competition (for Children age 6-10)
Dream Village,
Water Ceremony
Pythagoras' Daughter, Washington
World Water Day & Water Relief for Africa
Relief Network Min., Inc., Houston
FACE Africa "Clean Water" Benefit Event
FACE Africa, Cambridge
World Water Day Film Festival
WBCR-LP 97.7 FM & The WaterMan Foundation, Great Barrington, MA
From Crisis to Action: Access to Clean Water for All
Young Professionals for CARE, New York
Aveda & Clean Water Fund
Matt Wayne Salon & Spa, Omaha
Water Walk for Women's Rights
Amizade & STAND, Pittsburgh
FREE Showing of FLOW - Oakland, CA
Montclair Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA
Water For People Fundraiser to Celebrate World Water Day 2009 - Sacramento, CA
Water For People, Sacramento
March for Water 09
March for Water Coalition, Los Angeles
Des Plaines, IL.- Town Hall Meeting at Friendship Park Conservatory
Commissioner Debra Shore - Organizer, Des Plaines, Illinois
CGC Walk for Water and Hialeah Water Fest
Common Ground for Conservation, Miami
World Water Day Event - Washington DC
, Washington, DC
Blue: More Precious Than Gold
The Earth Child Project, Oakland
paneurhythmy circle
circle of sacred dance, new york
Movie Night "Whaledreamers"
, Sedona Arizona
Blue Lake Walks for Water
Blue Lake Elementary School, DeLand, Florida
A Walk For Water, a walk for children by children
Amman Imman: Water is Life, Derwood, Maryland
Rotarians Pumped for World Water Day
DeRidder Noon Rotary Club, DeRidder, LA
