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We don’t honor God when 4,500 children die every day (WASHINGTON DC -- MARCH 28, 2010) IIC Chairman Imam Syed Naqvi last Monday joined a panel of Interfaith leaders and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, former US Ambassador to the Organization of American States Hattie Babbitt, National Geographic Society Chairman Gil Grosvenor, former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and Global Water Challenge Chairman Bill Reilly and other key private-sector, foundation, faith and nongovernmental organization leaders along with Kenna, the Grammy-nominated artist behind Summit on the Summit, to call for immediate action to ensure access to safe, clean water and improved sanitation in the developing world. They convened at "Uniting for Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation," an event at the National Geographic Society, which kicked off two days of World Water Day activities in Washington, DC. 
The following statement was signed by Imam Syed Naqvi, Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Executive Director, Center for Interreligious Understanding, The Very Reverend Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, The Most Reverend Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Armenian Church of America:
“Water, a shared symbol among all the world’s religions, is a place where all faiths can unite. We do not honor God by allowing 4500 children to die every day for the lack of clean water and sanitation. It is a solvable problem: humanitarian aid infrastructure is in place and most faiths already sponsor some on-the-ground water projects. But these projects need far wider, sustained support. As faith leaders, we are committing ourselves to World Water Day and beyond, because every one of us must issue a call to our constituencies to bring attention to this forgotten keystone, this most basic solution to so many of the world’s ills. We hope to grow a wide coalition of faith leaders; reach from pulpit to pew to expand support for faith-based water projects; and help bring urgency to this most urgent issue. The ability to deeply impact hundreds of millions of lives, and be a monumental example of interfaith cooperation at its best, is at hand.” |
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