{"id":2758,"date":"2016-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/central-africa\/news\/national-water-week-2016-in-yaounde\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:09:14","slug":"national-water-week-2016-in-yaounde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/central-africa\/news\/national-water-week-2016-in-yaounde\/","title":{"rendered":"National Water Week 2016 in Yaound\u00e9."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A forum on the theme \u201cwater and jobs\u201d was organized on March 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;and attended by Academics, Students, Water professionals and people interested in water sector. This activity allowed for indepth discussions between presenters and the audience, about water jobs such as water sellers, maintenance and repair water boreholes agents, borehole drillers and water engineers, water operators, hydrologists, etc. In summary, water sector provides a lot of jobs. That\u2019s why it is good for students to get interested to water jobs, while studying.<\/p>\n<p>There was a competition for the best poems written and cartoons on the water issues, untitled \u00ab&nbsp;promoting the children\u2019s genius\u201d. This was launched on March 15 ended on 17 of March 2016. Over 40 students from Secondary School in Yaounde participated. The contest aimed at promoting the children\u2019s genius on water issues. How to draw attention of the community on water governance; water-borne diseases and water jobs, through poems and cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>6 submissions among which 3 poems and 3 cartoons were chosen by the jury. The Prize award ceremony took place on March 22, World Water day, at the Ministry of Water and Energy in Yaounde. The three winners of the contest for the best poems written and the three winners for cartoons were awarded the Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The GWP-CAf\u2019s role was to support the implementation of the programs of its partners, particularly \u201cAIDER\u201d an NGO, in order to disseminate water knowledge among students and educative communities and to stimulate\/enhance youth to get interested in water jobs. GWP-CAf also seized this opportunity to interact with other partners and disseminate GWP-CAf strategy.&nbsp;<a title=\"Photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lucmamba\/sets\/72157666316662615\" target=\"_blank\">Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the run up to the World Water Day 2016, GWP-CAf partners, like Cameroon Ministry of water and energy, private sector, NGOs and civil society organizations, organized the national water week 2016, in Yaound\u00e9, which had as theme \u201cwater and jobs\u201d and took place over seven days, from March 17-22, 2016.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSeveral events took place during the national week. Among which, there was a media workshop; two site visits, conducted, one to the wastewater treatment plant and the other to water treatment plant; a campaign for the dissemination of knowledge and legal text on water sector and sanitation; an exhibition fair; football and power walking and a forum on water jobs. 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