March 22, 2025
(Excerpt) Salesian Missions joined other humanitarian groups on March 22 in marking World Water Day, a United Nations-led commemoration to bring attention to the need for safe, clean water.

In an announcement, the Salesians noted that in addition to drawing attention to the universal importance of water, the day, marked every March 22, also advocates “for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. While serving as a reminder of the global population who suffers from water-related issues, the day also provides calls to action to prepare for the management of water in the future.”

According to the United Nations, in 2022, 2.2 billion people “still lacked safely managed drinking water, including 703 million without a basic water service; 3.5 billion people lacked safely managed sanitation, including 1.5 billion without basic sanitation services; and 2 billion lacked a basic handwashing facility, including 653 million with no handwashing facility at all.”

This year’s World Water Day theme focused on glacier preservation — specifically on mitigating climate change and the need to adapt to the global problem of “the loss of glaciers to protect communities and ecosystems.”

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