UNESCO and UNV celebrate World Water Day in Jordan, March 2011
Channel: UNESCO Jordan
Date: 12/06/2011

World Water Day 2011 was celebrated on Tuesday March 22nd 2011 at Nayfeh School, a small public school of Amman in Al Hashimi Al Shmali. The school is a member of the ASPnet Programme of UNESCO. The celebration was supported by UNESCO Office in Amman, the Jordan National Commission for UNESCO, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The World Water Day Celebration consisted of piloting a series of activities already tested and introduced in Latin America and the Caribbean trough a joint project with Project WET Foundation to improve water education. The implementation of these activities was a great success and saw the participation of 330 kids. The video and active participation of the students  proves that to include such activities within school curriculum is  highly beneficial, relevant, and accepted by kids, teachers and authorities. Such activities are key to developing awareness, critical thinking, instilling environmental ethics and encouraging kids to take action towards water related issues.