-Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.

-The Edina High School chapter of Amnesty International seeks to:

-help develop a more worldly perspective in Edina students and -spread awareness about worldwide human rights violations

-Through campaigning and international solidarity, Amnesty International inspires people worldwide so we can all work to improve human rights.

The UN suggests that each person needs 20-50 liters of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning

-World Water Assessment Programme

More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million - don't have access to this amount of safe freshwater

-WHO, UNICEF, and JMP

MALAWI,AFRICA

Of the 6 billion people on earth, 1.1 billion do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.

-Charitywater.org

The cost per person per year for having 10 liters of safe drinking water every day is just $2 USD

-Ashok Gadgil

Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil

-CBS News, FLOW.

In developing countries, 70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters where they pollute the usable water supply.

-WWAP

The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns

-Water.org

“Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual economic

circumstance”

ARTICLE 31

www.article31.org

-Sign the petition for adding the right to clean and accessible water to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

-If you need a reminder, please write your name on the clipboard being passed around. (Don’t worry – Just one mail. After that one e-mail, your e-mail won’t be added to any list, and will be disposed of confidentially)-Or, you can visit the petition online at http://www.article31.org/

-Stop buying bottled water, if possible

-Use a reusable bottle. Not only are they eco-friendly, they can save you a lot of money over buying bottled water all the time-Project Earth is selling water bottles for $12 outside

-Dispose of Pharmaceuticals Properly

-The best way to dispose of them is in special bins at pharmacies-Otherwise, dispose of them in the trash instead of our water system

-Contact your local representative and let them know how you feel!

What you can do