Leaving no one behind
Whoever you are, wherever you are, water is your human right.
What is World Water Day?
Sustainable Development Goal 6 is crystal clear: water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. But today, billions of people are still living without safe water – their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories struggling to survive and thrive.
Marginalized groups – women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, disabled people and many others – are often overlooked, and sometimes face discrimination, as they try to access and manage the safe water they need.
This World Water Day, 22nd March, is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are being left behind.
Learn
Get familiar with the issues – why are people being left behind without safe water and what can be done to reach them?
Explore this year’s theme and browse our collection of stories to find out more.
“To make the SDG 6 goal possible, everyone must step up and do their part”
Photo credit: UNHCR/ACNUR The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crisis, which at the end of 2018, reached 4.5 million people who were internally displaced due to ongoing conflict and violence. In...
Share
Engage your friends and contacts with information and stories about the reality of the water crisis and how it affects every aspect of society.
Use our resources to start a conversation and inspire action.
Act
Gather people together to share ideas and make them grow. Hold or attend an event to make personal connections that could help people living without safe water.
Use our map to see where a World Water Day event is taking place near you and find out how you could hold an event yourself.
