Precious gift by Vanessa Pacheco

As the theme this week is social responsibility, I want you to think about how you deal with clean water. Have you noticed how tense it is when you are thisty and there isn't any shop close to you to buy a bottle of water? Imagine if you couldn't have it anywhere for days?

Right now in Brazil, even though it has many rivers, as it is a huge country, clean water has started to be a rare commodity in some houses. Rain season was not enough to fill up main rivers levels. Last year we had a very weak rain season. When you watch the news, families need water to clean their houses, to wash their clothes and even to take showers. You can imagine how you would deal with the same situation. And it is better to start figuring out what you can do to avoid the same situation happening to you.

It is important to stop wasting clean water! Little actions made by a lot of people brings big results. So, don't let the water running while you brush your teeth, neither when you wash your car; try to use the washing machine water to wash outside your house; try to have a system to collect rain water, then you will use as the one wash to wash streets, cars and anything else possiple. Actions as related would avoid a lack of this blessing item in the near future.

Companies should also play their role in society by using water in a responsible way. They could also separate part of their profit to make social activities in the community to debate and reinforce the importance of the water for the world.

The same attitude must be done by governments. But for them it is a bigger target as it will reach a whole nation. They can increase the amount of advertisiments of how to make better use of clean water on tv, bus stops, schools, government buildings. And they should give prizes to those who may achieve a goal related to well use of clean water.    

Clean water is a precious gift. It must be treaten as it.

By Vanessa Pacheco