December 13, 2010 WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER Water is a human
right yet millions of people in the developing world lack access
to it. That’s in large part because the big corporations that
control the water systems in many developing countries have
turned water into a commodity, laments Sara Michel, interim
regional animator of the Canadian Catholic Organization for
Development and Peace (CCODP). Michel said water bottlers like
Nestle, Coke and Pepsi are among the main culprits because they
buy the land where the water is, bottle the water and then sell
it to those who can afford it. “What does it have to do with us?
We have to stand in solidarity against the commodification of
water and that’s basically the Development and Peace’s position
that water should be accessible to all,” Michel said. Water: A
Human Right is the focus of the 2010 fall action campaign of
CCODP. “The right to food, like the right to water, has an
important place in the pursuit of other rights beginning with
the fundamental right to life