“Per capita availability of good, potable water is diminishing in all developed and developing countries.” CountryWaterEnvironmentalDevelopingAvailabilityDeveloping Countries Book:Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource Source: Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
“In many developing countries, girls don't go to school. They stay home. They are at the water wells, bringing water back and forth to the village. Or they are doing chores, preparing meals, farming. Some cultures think girls and women shouldn't be educated, and those are very often the places where the treatment of women and girls is the worst.” ThinkingWellsCountryHomeSchoolCultureGirlWaterWorstEducatedDevelopingMealsTreatmentVillagePreparingFarmingBack And ForthChoresDeveloping CountriesCountry Girl Author:Laura Bush
“When the whole discussion of "developing a national idea" hastily began in post-Soviet Russia, I tried to pour cold water on it with the objection that, after all the devastating losses we had experienced, it would be quite sufficient to have just one task: the preservation of a dying people.” PeopleIdeasWholeWould BeWaterLossDyingColdTasksRussiaDevelopingPostsDiscussionSufficientJust OneSovietPreservationObjectionsSoviet RussiaCold WaterDevastating Loss Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor. I mean, come on, we all have clean water—well OK, not people in the developing world.” PeopleIfsWorldWellsMeanImportantWaterPoorCleanDevelopingBeing ThankfulClean Water Author:Avril Lavigne