{"id":17896,"date":"2024-04-03T15:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2024-04-03T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:34:30","slug":"guyana-water-incorporated-observes-world-water-day-with-walkathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-water-incorporated-observes-world-water-day-with-walkathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Water Incorporated Observes World Water Day with Walkathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In commemoration of World Water Day 2024, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) organized a walkathon starting from the Kitty seawall roundabout and concluding at the Shelterbelt compound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme, &#8216;Leveraging water for Peace,&#8217; underscores the crucial role water plays in fostering stability and prosperity globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Susan Rodrigues, within the Ministry of Housing and Water, emphasized the significance of water conservation and urged the public to recognize the value of this precious resource. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Guyana&#8217;s abundance of water, access to treated water remains a priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rodrigues assured that efforts are underway to expand the coverage of treated water to citizens nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaik Baksh, CEO of GWI, addressed the challenges posed by climate change, highlighting the resilience of the wells being drilled by GWI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite climate-related obstacles, GWI continues its commitment to providing reliable water access to communities across Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Water Day, designated by the United Nations General Assembly, is observed annually on March 22nd to raise awareness about the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable freshwater management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walkathon organized by GWI symbolizes the collective effort to promote water conservation, ensure equitable access to clean water, and contribute to the global goal of water security and peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick In commemoration of World Water Day 2024, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) organized a walkathon starting from the Kitty seawall roundabout and concluding at the Shelterbelt compound.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17898,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions\/17898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}