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Xylem Water Solutions South Africa cel-
ebrated World Water Day and South African
Water Week in conjunction with Afrika Tik-
kun and Afrika Tikkun Services at its Phuta-
ditjaba Community Centre in Alexandra on
the 22nd of March this year. The team at
Xylem hosted an educational theatre show
for the pre-schoolers at the centre – teach-
ing them about water conservation in a fun
and educational manner, while decorating
walls leading into the crèche at the centre
with colourful blackboard-art.
World Water Day is an annual initiative
rolled out in 1993 by the United Nations
whereby global awareness of water as a
scarce resource is raised and addressed.
Participants from all over the world find
innovative ways to address fresh water
challenges in the neediest of areas. The
secretary general of the United Nations
(UN); Ban Ki-Moon summarises the leitmotif
behind the initiative: “To address the many
challenges related to water, we must work
in a spirit of urgent cooperation, open to
new ideas and innovation, and prepared to
share the solutions
that we all need for a
sustainable future.”
Each year sees
the UN announcing
an official theme for
World Water Day.
This year’s theme is
Water and Jobs. Us-
ing this theme as a
guideline; Xylem Wa-
ter Solutions South
Africa identified areas where youth could be
made aware of water as a scarce resource
and to identify areas where youth could
enter the labour force with a career in the
water industry.
The company found an ideal partner
in Afrika Tikkun (AT) and its sustainability
arm; Afrika Tikkun Services (ATS) in terms
of its global social development initiative;
XylemWatermark. The teamat Afrika Tikkun
employs a cradle-to-career model which in-
vests in the development of disadvantaged
children from early infancy through young
adulthood and into the world of work. This
model is then taken further by Afrika Tikkun
Services – a for-profit company that aligns
with corporate partners as their supplier of
choice for placement of skilled youth from
under resourced communities.
This year’s World Water Day activity was
the second consecutive year Xylem Water
Solutions South Africa, partnered with Afrika
Tikkun for World Water Day.
“After last year’s enormous success;
we decided to work with them again for
this year’s celebration. We feel the values
of developing children from an early age
for the labour market is a commendable
effort,” explains Heinrich Louw, marketing
manager – Middle East and Africa. “If we
can contribute to engendering a culture of
water conservation at an early age, we are
happy to be involved.”
This year Xylem Staff painted walls in the
centre that lead into the ECD Centre at the
Alexandra-centre in blackboard paint and
drew child-friendly, water-related themes
on the painted walls. The children will see
these images every day and draw new ones
of their own, reinforcing the message of
water conservation.
For more information contact :
Werner Botes on: +27 72 578 5831; email:
; or go to
For more information on Afrika Tikkun and Afrika
Tikkun Services; please visit:
World Water Day celebrated at Alexandra