Seven Weeks for Water 2025, week 7: "Thirsty for justice"

The seventh and last reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2025 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written jointly by Frances Namoumou and Netani Rika. In the following reflection, they have analysed the water scarcity situation in the Pacific region, worsened by climate change, with a justice perspective from the narratives of the persistent widow of the Bible. They challenge us not to give up our “thirst for justice” under any circumstances.  Credit: Israel Martínez, Tolupan indigenous man from Montaña de la Flor, Honduras. "See the frogspawn? Look, it's everywhere. See the snails in the water, on the stones? The animals drink this water, we drink this water straight from the river. The water in their [ladino] places is poisoned with fertlizers and by the ones who do the mining, they don't have frogs and snails any more, they're already dead, maybe they don't understand. They cut down their trees and now it doesn't rain any more. And now they want our land, our trees, they want to ruin our water, dry up our rivers. And they want to kill us. They are killing us". Photo: Sean Hawkey All Rights Reserved  14 April 2025 This reflection was originally published as part of the Seven Weeks for Water 2020. Reflection: https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/seven-weeks-for-water-2020-week-7-thirsty-for-justice-by-frances-namoumou-and-netani-rika Frances Namoumou is the programmes manager of the Pacific Conference of Churches. She is also a commissioner and co-convener of the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development.  Netani Rika is the communications specialist of the Pacific Conference of Churches. See more

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