The HSBC Water Programme – Catch the Drop celebrated World Water Day with a series of week-long activities designed to promote the conservation of the world’s most important resource.

The first event was the opening of an exhibition of art works by students attending Church schools. All the 46 artworks on display focused on the importance of water and its preservation.

Scores of families and visitors had the opportunity to visit the Water Services Corporation, which opened its doors to the public during an open weekend organised by the programme, the Sustainable Energy and Water Conservation Unit and a range of partners.

Emerging talent was also on display at the Palace in Valletta, where President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca inaugurated an art exhibition on water, amid song and dance performances by students from St Ignatius College.

Hundreds of secondary school students from 23 State, Church, and independent schools participated in a day-long quiz at the InterContinental, St Julian’s.

Students also benefited from a number of side events, including information booths, the launch of a water-themed comic book and presentations by HSBC Malta staff members who recently returned from an educational trip to Ghana.

In the final activity of World Water Day Week, held at the Valletta Primary School, the HSBC Water Programme announced the names of the project winners for 2015-2016. The choice of Valletta Primary was all the more poignant as the school has won project funding in each of the three cycles.

Education Minister Evarist Bartolo and HSBC Malta CEO Andrew Beane unveiled a plaque to mark the water conservation projects at Valletta Primary.

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