The objective of this project has been to increase water literacy and awareness of water sustainability among the participants with the activities that will be implemented to protect water in the best way, to ensure the effective use of natural water resources without putting them in harm's way. danger and protecting them. Specifically, our objectives were the following: • Familiarize ourselves with the concept of water footprint in all its aspects, focusing mainly on clothing, food and agriculture and the current problem of water scarcity. • Calculate the water footprint of all participants in order to have reduced it. at the end of the project. Awareness of the importance of caring for the environment from the perspective of interested parties. Promote different activities to celebrate “World Water Day”. Promote actions in educational centers to raise awareness about the good use of water through the creation of a manifesto. Promote the personal, professional and academic development of participants. Create a durable and living digital tool. Increase the motivation and self-confidence of the participants. Improve the linguistic and digital skills of participants.
“WAFLE” was a collaborative project of 4 partners. The project is requested to work with the students of the participating countries with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) planned for 2030, more specifically with SDG No.6 “ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all". One of the main problems of the 21st century is the sustainability of existing water resources that have no alternative and the supply of water in sufficient quantity and quality. The amount of water currently available faces many dangers. Although the vast majority of the world is covered with water, inadequate drinking water resources, climate changes, increasing global population, misuse of water resources and lack of appropriate and preventive policies regarding water use . have made water management a major problem. The study of the SDGs is included in the current study plans. Therefore, educating on how to reduce our water footprint and increase water literacy standards will benefit our environment and has been the purpose of this work.