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Childhood and youth: education and raising awareness

The children and young people of today both with regard to its consumption and
are the adults of the future; for this reason, its return to the natural environment via
Aqualia has been sharing knowledge and treatment processes. In order to sustain this
raising awareness among kids for more commitment, the company organises and
than 34 years so that they acquire respon- takes part in a range of activities in which
sible habits in the proper use of water, children play the leading role.

Drawing contests

To mark World Water Day in March 2015, Aqualia organised the XIII International Drawing Contest with the slogan
“Fill your world with life”. The contest asks primary 3 and 4 pupils in Spain and Portugal to depict how efficient water
management contributes to environmental sustainability in their surroundings.

With the intention of enhancing children's grasp of new technology, the contest This edition, which had participation
was organised through the website www.llenatumundodevida.es. This tool from around 8,500 school children,
allows teachers and pupils to participate in and gain access to not only the was organised through the website
creative activities but also the Teaching Area, which offers a range of learning www.llenatumundodevida.es and
content that helps enhance knowledge of the management and responsible the twitter account @ConcursoDMA.
use of water. As a new feature of this edition, the school children were given
bookmarks and cut-outs related to the theme so that they could "bring" the
contest home and share it with their families.

The Colegio San Real in Ibiza was the winner in the group category and received 1,000 euros worth of educational materials.
The 10 winners in the individual category all received a tablet.

In summer 2015, Aqualia organised the 6th Edition of the Internal Drawing Contest "Little Artists", which was aimed at the
children and grandchildren of Aqualia employees in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, United Arab
Emirates and Saudi Arabia. On the website www.llenatumundodevidaenaqualia.com, the little artists were able to provide
water to people, animals and plants, demonstrating what their parents' or grandparents' company does on a daily basis.

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