Water Warriors help raise awareness
Women walk on average six kilometres a day to collect 20 litres of water.
According to the World Water Day website, more than two billion people live without safe drinking water at home, and approximately 159 million people collect their drinking water from surface water such as ponds and streams.
In rural areas on the West Rand some communities have only three taps for every 100 people. Members of these communities walk kilometres every day just to collect enough water for their daily requirements and stay alive.
World Water Day was celebrated on 22 March to focus on the importance of fresh water and the importance of managing fresh water resources.
According to the website, women and children are affected most by water shortages. They are more vulnerable to diseases and are usually the ones who have to collect the water for their families. These women walk an average of six kilometres a day to collect 20 litres of water.
A local company, Tecroveer recently decided to raise awareness about the international water shortage, and to do this they hosted a fun walk.
The aim of the walk was to symbolise the daily walk these woman have to take to fetch fresh drinking water. Employees chose a bucket, filled it with water and carried it with them over either the 3km or 7,3km distance.
The route they walked was from their offices to Coronation Dam in Krugersdorp.
