March 7, 2002 -- IRC has launched its revised World Water Day web site, based on the successful WWD 2001 site it maintained with WHO on Water and Health.
The revised site links to the WWD 2002 site of the IAEA. It contains links to water, sanitation and hygiene campaigns of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and IRC and partners. The site also provides an updated Water for Development advocacy guide, background information about previous years, a selection of photos and links to key organizations.
Visitors to the site can add events and comments. From this site they can also go to the events section of IAEA's WWD 2002 site. On the WWD 2001 site more than 100 events were registered and it scored 223,868 page views from end of January until 31 December 2001.
Poverty reduction, economic impact, improved health and reduced drudgery for women are four of the key goals of water sanitation and hygiene programmes.
The WSSCC has launched its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for all - WASH campaign: http://www.wsscc.org/about/ccnews.php?id=25 . IRC and partners have called attention for water and the sustainable livelihoods approach: http://www.worldwaterday.org/devpaper.html.
