World Health Day - April 7:
The World's Hidden Health Crisis By Bruce Wilkinson
WORLD WATER DAY 2018 - March 22:
UN Secretary General announces International Decade of Action on Water
How Well is Philanthropy Tackling One of Humanity's Biggest Problems? Inside Philanthropy
Way to Go Ted Poe By Susan Barnett
Water: A Decade of Bipartisan Success by John Oldfield
Fostering Clean Water Requires Longterm Commitment By Gary Edmonds
Want to Improve Development Outcomes? Anticipate Failures. Here's How. By Susan Davis
A Beer with Bill Gates by Mike Paddock
Whatever Happened To ... Those Farmers Who Needed Shoes? By Michaeleen Doucleff NPR News
The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank By Sophie Hares Thomson Reuters Foundation
Faith in a Glass of Water The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Water Is Global (In)Security Forbes
Water & Teranga On Faith
80 Faith-based National and State Organizations to Congress: Border Wall Proposal Inconsistent with Interfaith Values
What I've learned as a Doctor in Ethiopia: Women and Babies Need Water By Dr. Margaret Muldrow
Cristian: A Story of Water By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water
Faith in a Glass of Water By Brian McLaren and Susan Barnett
World Water Day: 7 Ways to Make a Difference By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water
One World Appears in the Bible 722 Times By Gary Edmonds, CEO, Food for the Hungry
Blessed by Water By Susan Barnett and Haik Kocharian
3 Humanitarian Crises The World Needs To Pay More Attention To In 2017 By Michael Bowers, Vice President of Humanitarian Leadership and Response, Mercy Corps
2017 Is Pivotal for U.S. Leadership on Global Water Security By John Oldfield
Surprise! Our government and Congress do work! By Carolyn Y. Woo, outgoing president & CEO of Catholic Relief Services
In Uganda, a New Synagogue for a Remote Group of Jews by Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service (RNS)
A Plan for Protecting Our Hidden Water Supplies Huffington Post
Hand Pumps Bring Clean Water to Ethiopia USAID
Coca-Cola: We're replenishing all of the water we use CNN Money
Entangled Injustices: Refugees, Water, Human Trafficking By Rev. Cameron Trimble and Susan Barnett
Zika and Sanitation Huffington Post
These are the Heroes Looking out for Brazil's Microcephaly Babies Huffington Post
What You Need to Know About the World's Water Wars National Geographic
Garden of Eden becomes a UNESCO site...and it's all about water
Company Brings Toilets To Kenya Slums, Turns Waste Into Fertilizer Huffington Post
Setting the Global Table By Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter
African women are breaking their backs to get water for their families by Darryl Fears Washington Post
The Bathroom Story No One is Talking About
http://imaworldhealth.org/the-bathroom-story-no-one-is-talking-about/
Thank you IMA World Health for this important piece. Here's an excerpt:
Menstruation. Periods. Time of the month. The Curse. These stigmatized words carry with them significant educational, health, social, and economic consequences for girls and women all over the world. The lack of toilets, privacy, menstrual hygiene, and sanitation resources results in girls missing up to five days of school every single month. Many students cannot afford or don’t have access to basic menstrual hygiene products such as sanitary napkins, and must use unsafe alternatives like old rags that put them at risk for reproductive tract infections and other health issues. May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Management Day.
Water Injustice and the Abrahamic Faiths
http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2016/05/06/water-injustice-and-the-abrahamic-faiths/
60th Anniversary of the Red Sea Parting
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionnow/2016/04/50th-anniversary-of-the-red-sea-parting/
Improving sanitation and hygienic practices are among Islam's top health legacies:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/american-muslim-health-professionals-/contributions-of-islamic-theology-to-public-health_b_9773116.html?ir=Religion?
WORLD WATER DAY 2016:
PATHEOS
FSW's annual "Sermon for World Water" [2-part series]:
Part 1: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2016/03/blessed-by-water-a-sermon-for-world-water-day/
Part 2: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2016/03/7-ways-to-make-world-water-day-your-first-step-to-a-better-world/
THE HILL CONGRESSIONAL BLOG
FSW co-authored a piece with Brian McLaren. Brian is a very popular, progressive Christian author, inspiring speaker, and all around excellent human being who's traveled the world and knows the value of a decent toilet!
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/273782-water-the-one-symbol-shared-by-all-religions
TIME.com
FSW co-authored a piece with Dr. Christine Sow, an well-known expert in global health and president of the Global Health Council in Washington, DC.
http://time.com/4266928/world-water-day-health/
INTERVIEW WITH JANE GOODALL
I had the incredible honor of interviewing Dr. Jane Goodall about the Global Water Crisis at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions. You can watch/share: 2-minute clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btfnXj-EYXU&feature=youtu.be
15 second clip: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=wER6A_qRkKQ
###
How Ethiopia Can Overcome the Worst Drought in 50 Years By Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, President, Lutheran World Relief
The Trials and Tribulations of Snow By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water
The Silent Violence By Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, president, Auburn Seminary and Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water
Pope Francis is Thirsty By Rev. Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed, Florida and Susan Barnett, founder Faiths for Safe Water
Instability and Assault on the Poor Requires us to Respond By Ambassador Daniel Speckhard
No Faith Without Water By Rev. Jennifer Crumpton
THE 2015 NOBEL PRIZE REMINDS US HOW IMPORTANT WASH REMAINS TO GLOBAL HEALTH:
Malaria, riverblindness, hookworm...
3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
Way to go, Mexico! Riverblindness has been eradicated!
Mexico Becomes 3rd Country In World To Eliminate Onchocerciasis
After a New York Times best pick at the NY Fringe Festival, friend of FSW, Sean the Puru, opens at Fringe Festival in Scotland.
Your friends at FSW are flush with pride!
AMAZING PHOTOS THAT ILLUSTRATE WATER INEQUALITY:
THANK YOU HUFFINGTON POST AND EyeEm
Watch this beautiful testament to water
2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions:
Faiths for Safe Water was honored to participate in the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions, October 15-19 in Salt Lake City, Utah. We shared the podium with Dr. Sol Katz, a Parliament Trustee and expert on Food Security. We also had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview Dr. Jane Goodall and ask her, among other things, about her take on the global water crisis. The Parliament is the world’s oldest, largest and most inclusive global interfaith gathering, hosting 10,000 global and religious leaders, grassroots activists, and practitioners from 50 traditions and more than 80 countries. The goal is to build bridges -- together -- to a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
Why a Toilet is a Great Birthday Present By Susan Barnett, Faiths for Safe Water
Way to Go Poe By Susan Barnett, Faiths for Safe Water
HAPPY WORLD WATER DAY 2015!
The One Sacred Gift All Religions Share By Rev. Brian McLaren, On Faith, March 19, 2015
5 Ways You Can Save Lives By Rev. Brian McLaren, On Faith, March 20, 2015
Congress: Good Things Can Happen, and That Inspires Hope By Malcolm Morris, Chairman, Millennium Water Alliance
The Missing Element in the Fight Against Ebola By Rev Jennifer Crumpton
Ebola’s Missing Solution By The Very Reverend James Kowalski
As the First Female Handcycle Ironman Champion, I Want to Cross Another Finish Line By Minda Dentler Huffington
Simple solution to girls' education By Maureen Shaw
A must read: Toilets prevent Rape
Something to Celebrate: America's Lifesaving Work By Sam Daley-Harris, founder, RESULTS
Water and the Angel and Death By Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Sr. Pastor, Trinity Church of Christ, Chicago
Water Solutions: A Q&A with Matt Damon and Gary White (Stanford Medicine Magazine)
Clean water and soap ‘boost growth’ in young children (BBC)
No Menstrual Hygiene For Indian Women Holds Economy Back (Bloomberg)
Sanitation over HIV fixation (Al Jazeera)
Calling All Young People: The Water Crisis Needs You (Huffington Post)
Gender Crimes Haunt Women Who Head to Field for Nature’s Call (Times of India)
A Surprising Barrier To Clean Water: Human Nature (NPR)
Water key factor in U.S. approach to better world The Times and Democrat, South Carolina
Politics stops at water by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas)
Global water crisis can be cured with action by Dr. Mark Hartman
For Easter:
A Fountain of Faith By Rev. Jennifer Crumpton and Rev. Richard Cizik
For Passover:
The Next Time You see the Red Sea Part By Rabbi Jack Bemporad
WORLD WATER DAY 2013
SEE OUR FRONT PAGE "SERMON FOR WORLD WATER DAY" @ HUFFINGTON POST/RELIGION
OUR FRIENDS AT THE COUNCIL for a PARLIAMENT of the WORLD'S RELIGIONS ARE ON BOARD WITH US ON WORLD WATER DAY!
Faiths for Safe Water: In the Spotlight at Odyssey Network
Finding the Living Waters By the Very Reverend James Kowalski, Dean of St. John the Divine
On Mawlid, A New Way to Honor the Prophet By Imam Magid, President of the Islamic Society of North America
Grammy-nominated vocalist, Kenna and his intrepid team made a climb of a lifetime, all in the name of water. See their pics and more from Mount Kilamanjaro! Summit on the Summit
Keeping projects up and running is half the battle. So Google Impact Awards is funding CHARITY:WATER to develop sensor technology that will detect whether water is flowing at any of its projects, at any given time, anywhere in the world! This award will help charity:water further advance transparency and sustainability in the WASH sector.
Click here for more info: www.charitywater.org/blog/google-impact-award/
WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH WATER YOU USE?
CHECK OUT THIS APP, CREATED BY ONE INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NAMED ABHA NATH.
[thanks Abha!] http://goo.gl/wfOyQ
You think the global water crisis is somebody else's problem?
The groundbreaking documentary, LAST CALL AT THE OASIS, brings the problem home to the U.S. Yes, that's US.
"Last Call at the Oasis"
TAKE ACTION: www.takepart.com/lastcall
WORLD WATER DAY 2012: Faith leaders unite around Water at the historic Riverside Church in NYC
Three esteemed leaders from the three Abrahamic faiths joined together at the historic Riverside Church in New York City to call on the faiths to unite around this singular symbol share by all, and make water the source of health and life for ALL. Human existence is about much more than water, but never about less. From birth until death, the faiths share this recognition in ritual, symbol, and need. As faith leaders, they stood together in unity around this symbol shared by all faiths, declaring, we are here because together, we are going to launch something powerful.
Sister Laila Muhammad, daughter of W.D. Muhammad, Chicago
Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Center for Interreligious Understanding, New Jersey
The Rev. Dr. Arnold Isadore Thomas, Minister of Education, The Riverside Church of the City of New York
A very special thank you to two inspiring performers who performed at our Riverside Church interfaith event:
Rondi Charleston: Land of Galilee
more about Rondi at: www.rondicharleston.com
Anna Huckabee Tull: Sweet Water
more about Anna at: www.customcraftedsongs.com
WORLD WATER DAY 2012 "Sermon for World Water"in Huffington Post
WORLD WATER DAY 2012: HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS ABOUT WATER AND SECURITY IN WASHINGTON, DC
"...Last year, I called on the intelligence community to conduct a global assessment of the impact water could have and was having on our national security. Today, the National Intelligence Council released the unclassified version of its report on Global Water Security. You can go online, read it for yourself, see how imperative clean water and access to water is to future peace, security, and prosperity, globally. I think its fair to say the intelligence communitys findings are sobering..."
Read her remarks and see her landmark speech here
FAITH FOR SAFE WATER MAKES HISTORY
WORLD WATER DAY 2010: FAITH LEADERS GATHER AT THE FIRST U.S. WORLD WATER DAY
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, DC:
Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Center for Interreligious Understanding, New Jersey
The Rev. Dr. Arnold Isadore Thomas, Minister of Education, The Riverside Church of the City of New York
A very special thank you to two inspiring performers who performed at our Riverside Church interfaith event:
Rondi Charleston: Land of Galilee
more about Rondi at: www.rondicharleston.com
Anna Huckabee Tull: Sweet Water
more about Anna at: www.customcraftedsongs.com
WORLD WATER DAY 2012 "Sermon for World Water"in Huffington Post
WORLD WATER DAY 2012: HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS ABOUT WATER AND SECURITY IN WASHINGTON, DC
"...Last year, I called on the intelligence community to conduct a global assessment of the impact water could have and was having on our national security. Today, the National Intelligence Council released the unclassified version of its report on Global Water Security. You can go online, read it for yourself, see how imperative clean water and access to water is to future peace, security, and prosperity, globally. I think its fair to say the intelligence communitys findings are sobering..."
Read her remarks and see her landmark speech here
FAITH FOR SAFE WATER MAKES HISTORY
WORLD WATER DAY 2010: FAITH LEADERS GATHER AT THE FIRST U.S. WORLD WATER DAY
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, DC:
Imam Syed Rafiq Naqvi, Chairman, Islamic Information Center
Imam Syed Rafiq Naqvi was born in Lucknow, India where he pursued Masters degrees in Psychology, Philosophy and Economics and Islamic Theology and Islamic Jurisprudence, as well as studies in comparative religions. He serves as the Chairman of IIC, Islamic Information Center, founded in 2002, to create a better understanding about Islam among different faiths, government, and the media. He is Imam of the Jaferia Islamic Center in Burtonsville, Maryland and works on numerous humanitarian projects in the US and other countries iwth the Universal Islamic Foundation and the Imam Financial Corporation. Together with his wife, they also address issues of women's equality.
The Most Reverend Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Armenian Church of America
Born in Siirt, Turkey, Archbishop Aykazian was ordained a bishop in 1992 and in 2007, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians elevated him to the rank of archbishop. In addition to his current leadership responsibilities in the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, Archbishop Aykazian’s diverse professional achievements include Country Director for the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) in their Yerevan, Armenia office (1997-1999) and Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Switzerland (1992-1996). With a keen interest in the ecumenical movement, in 2005, he was unanimously elected as President of the National Council of Churches (NCC) and he is a member of the Central Committee as well as the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. In March 2009, Archbishop Aykazian was appointed to President Obama’s Advisory Committee on Inter-Religious Affairs. The Archbishop earned a Ph.D in History from the Armenian Academy of Sciences, completed Ph.D. course requirements at Fribourg Catholic University in Switzerland for a second Ph.D in Theology and continues to work on his doctoral dissertation at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Kings College in London, England, studied pastoral theology at St. Augustine’s College in Canterbury, England, and attended the Armenian Theological Seminary in Jerusalem and the Holy Cross Armenian Seminary in Istanbul, Turkey.
He is the 2009 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
The Very Reverend Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski is the 9th and current dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, New York. He was elected soon after 9/11 and just before a devastating fire struck the Cathedral. The Cathedral has been undergoing restoration and was rededicated on November 30, 2008. Dean Kowalski was recruited to ordained ministry by the Rockefeller “Trial Year” Fellowship in 1973, when he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Since his ordination in 1978, he has also served parishes in Newtown, Hartford, and Darien, Connecticut. He is an inaugural Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. He is member of the Board of Overseers for St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center and a Trustee of Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. In 2002, the Dean was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Executive Director, Center for Interreligious Understanding
Rabbi Bemporad heads the US-based nonprofit Center for Interreligious Understanding (CIU), which promotes open dialogue, mutual respect, and theological understanding of the common foundations shared by the world's religions. He also serves as Professor of Interreligious Studies at the Vatican's Angelicum University in Rome. Rabbi Bemporad is internationally recognized for his diplomatic skill and leadership in matters of religious understanding and reconciliation. He has had numerous personal audiences with Pope John Paul II and among his extensive work with Vatican leadership, he was the primary writer of the historical Prague Accord (the first time the Vatican asked forgiveness for past acts of anti-Semitism); and worked with Cardinals Willebrands and Cassidy to help secure full diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the State of Israel. Shortly before Pope John Paul’s death, Rabbi Bemporad and two other Rabbis offered a blessing of the Pope, in recognition of the Holy See’s historic steps to improve relations between Catholics and Jews. Rabbi Bemporad was on hand to greet Pope Benedict on his first Papal visit to Israel. Bemporad’s work reaches beyond Rome. He helped lead an interfaith delegation to Iran with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, then Archbishop of Washington DC, to address religious tolerance with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and other key Iranian leadership. He served as Chairman of the Interreligious Affairs Committee of the Synagogue Council of America, where he has represented Orthodox/Conservative/ Reform rabbinical and lay bodies at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches, the Vatican, the World Council of Churches, and the national and international branches of the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Baptist churches. He led an historic trip of US Imams to the concentrations camps Auschwitz and Dachau where the Muslims leaders emotionally knelt in prayer; and has been outspoken against Islamophobia in the US and abroad.
Among his many awards for his efforts to foster interreligious understanding, Bemporad received the prestigious Luminosa Award of the Focolare Movement, the Peace and Tolerance Award by the Interfaith Dialog Center (Turkish Muslims), and was honored by the Friends of the Pope John Paul II Foundation. Fleeing Italy just prior to WWII at the age of 5, Bemporad has dedicated his career to improving relations among Christians, Muslims, and Jews worldwide.
