Water stories

About this book

TO YOU, READER! Help us stop this tragedy! our plants are dying and our state is turning into a desert "said 13-year-old Mary Wanqui Kinyanjui from Kenya, inspiring the author. With this educational work of art, children can learn about human rights through real stories while enjoying a magical world. Ki, a being from another galaxy travels to Earth, and meets kids from Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, and the Bolivian Altiplano and learns about the day-to-day life of these children without adequate access to drinking water and sanitation, and how they make it work. About the Author: Géraldine Gené Barrios, is a renowned Costa Rican lawyer, a human rights international consultant, who has dedicated her life to protecting those who need it the most, reaching remote communities, where she has had the opportunity to talk with people in situations of vulnerability.We have seen brave girls like Greta and Malala make their voices heard making great change in the world, which is why the author wants to sensitize the smallest of the house with the certainty that their voices will also make a difference. The hands of the well-known Costa Rican artist Ana Rita Rosales (Akita), give life to these true stories with the magic of her watercolor illustrations. A percentage of the sales of this book will be destined to take these stories to children in vulnerable conditions for whom it will be most valuable to learn that access to water and sanitation are human rights.