Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

RN Tagore.

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In Desert Hot Springs, California with a Mission Statement mandate to develop a successful Public Awareness Campaign dedicated to protecting and ensuring the fundamental right of access to safe drinking Water for All People.

On February 26, 1999 Desert Hot Springs won the coveted Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting contest 1st Place Gold Medal for the world’s best tasting Municipal Tap Water.

That moment in water history was the beginning of over six years of the actual formation of WWRF into a popular non-profit foundation. WWRF worked to select exceptionally well qualified volunteer directors, officers and advisory board members. WWRF developed and is very proud to publish our website as a comprehensive one-stop source for research of any and all water-related interests and news. WWRF selected quality links provides, efficient, retrievable worldwide water information and commentary, free of charge. The WWRF website is considered the hallmark of water repositories.

WWRF has networked closely with the United Nations, environmental and entertainment organizations working to defend our precious world freshwater resources. WWRF has sponsored many receptions networking with key UN Ambassadors to assist in adopting and implementing our goal of worldwide recognition of the “International Year of Freshwater – 2003” and the “International Decade for Action, Water for Life” – 2005 – 2015.”

The “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” mandate underscores the furtherance of international cooperation in order to address the urgent water-related goals contained in the Millennium Declaration, namely, to cut in half by the year 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. This challance, and meeting this serious goal, is one of the most noble commitments facing humanity.

Both the “International Year of Freshwater – 2003” and the “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” were initiatives of the Republic of Tajikistan. These two United Nations resolutions were tirelessly spearheaded by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations, H.E. Ambassador Rashid Alimov.

It was with honor that WWRF gratefully acknowledged Ambassador Alimov’s valuable support and cooperation with WWRF by naming him our WWRF Person of the Year for 2003. WWRF Spokesperson, David Carradine, presented Mr. Ambassador with our WWRF “Iris Award” for his outstanding contribution to the global water agenda at our 1st “Water For All People” Gala on June 10, 2004 in Desert Hot Springs, California.

The “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” grants us ten more years to work together to assure the availability of the priceless gift of freshwater. Let us think together of how we can save water – this invaluable gift of God – for the future generations.

The WWRF Logo symbolizes a drop of water that has embedded within it, our Blue Planet. Let us do everything possible to protect all the drops of water. Let us pool our efforts in hopes of bringing about a much needed Blue Revolution Public Awareness Campaign.

World Water Rescue Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to protecting and preserving the world’s water resources and ensuring the fundamental right of access to safe drinking Water for All People.

Water is essential to every aspect of life. We cannot live without it. There is no technology available that can manufacture it. It cannot be replaced or duplicated. It must be valued and safeguarded.

World Water Rescue Foundation exists to restore, in an environmentally sound manner and in harmony with the needs of the world, the integrity of the element of water, which is in significant danger.

As an international imperative, we seek to successfully sustain the earth’s water.

Our mandate demands that we pursue every possible way to preserve and protect the water supply of this planet.

Our mission is therefore to:

• Eliminate the world’s current struggle for safe drinking water resources through:
  a) Education and
  b) Scientific efforts.
• Eradicate all consequential health hazards associated with global water resources.
• Facilitate and support any and all efforts to conserve water ecosystems.
• Advance water-related education through publication and dissemination of documentaries and the organization of conferences, roundtables, seminars, expositions and concerts.
• Develop an international culture of water conservation and general health issues.
• Fund sound ecological planning, supporting any and all efforts to correct grave pollution issues confronting the world community.
• World Water Rescue Foundation will serve as a repository for research sourcing of any and all world water interests.

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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is calling on Brooklyn veterans of Operation Desert Storm—particularly vets of the 102nd Maintenance Company of the Army National Guard—to carry a special Brooklyn flag in New York City’s Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 11. The 102nd Maintenance Company—“The Pride of Brooklyn”—carried the flag during the campaign to liberate Kuwait 20 years ago. During battle, the flag sustained damage when an American Patriot missile hit an Iraqi Scud missile over the position held by the 102nd, causing molten metal to rain down on the flag. The flag is displayed in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

BP Markowitz will present the flag to an appropriate group for inclusion in this year’s parade. The United War Veterans Council of New York, organizers of the Veterans Day Parade, has reserved a place of honor for these veterans in the march next month.

Brooklyn vets of Operation Desert Storm and the 102nd Maintenance Company of the Army National Guard interested in participating are asked to call the United War Veterans at 212-843-9367.

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