The Organization Mondiale pour L’Education Presolaire (OMEP) celebrated World Water Day with an awareness mixer that included an art show, entertainment, food, and a beer garden.
Taking place each year on March 22, World Water Day was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 to tackle water related issues facing the global population. According to the UN, there are currently 1.8 billion people who use a source of drinking water contaminated with feces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio.
The event on campus took place in Club 88 where students learned more about what they can do to help the cause. Economics major Mirka Pojoy ’17 sees the importance of increasing water access and its impact on global economic growth. “Having clean water is crucial for development because it provides agricultural, industrial, and educational growth, which can have a direct impact on the costs and time of contracting a disease,” she said.
Among the participants were third and fourth graders from Broadoaks Children’s School. They created works of art expressing their own views on tackling water issues around the world.
