Dirty water.
Dirty water causes needless suffering.
Complain about dirty water and pour it down the hole ?
884 million people (1 in 8 people worldwide) DO NOT have access to clean and safe water. They have to walk 6km to collect it. And guess what? It is all dirty, murky water that has been polluted by animal poo, dirt, borne disease...
Every 8 seconds a child dies from contaminated water.
25 million people die each year from contaminated water.
That's equivalent to the entire population of Canada.
Over 1 billion people worldwide have no access to clean water within 15 minutes of their homes.
884 million people (1 in 8 people worldwide) DO NOT have access to clean and safe water. They have to walk 6km to collect it. And guess what? It is all dirty, murky water that has been polluted by animal poo, dirt, borne disease...
Every 8 seconds a child dies from contaminated water.
25 million people die each year from contaminated water.
That's equivalent to the entire population of Canada.
Over 1 billion people worldwide have no access to clean water within 15 minutes of their homes.
City dwellers in the THIRD WORLD may pay up to 50 times as much for water as city dwellers in Europe and America.
In Africa, women often walk 16 kilometers or more everyday to fetch water in containers that can weigh upwards of 22 kilograms. Carry on the head, back, or hip - is tough on a body. Paths are narrow, slippery, and dangerous.
In Africa, 40 billion working hours are lost each year because people (women), have to spend time fetching and carrying water.
Death, disease :
1.4 billion people in the developing countries don’t have access to clean water --> Die of disease.
Africa:
· 30000 children die each day from contaminated water.
· 85% of all diseases in African children under 5 are caused by water-borne illness.
In Africa, 40 billion working hours are lost each year because people (women), have to spend time fetching and carrying water.
Death, disease :
1.4 billion people in the developing countries don’t have access to clean water --> Die of disease.
Africa:
· 30000 children die each day from contaminated water.
· 85% of all diseases in African children under 5 are caused by water-borne illness.
If you are sick, you can't go to school. How about kids in Africa? They can't because they are busy fetching water. They don't have enough time to go to school, to play and entertain.
How can developing countries become developed countries when the education rate keeps decreased?
How can developing countries become developed countries when the education rate keeps decreased?
"For some of us, giving a goat or a chicken might make sense because that is something that is tangible. But clean water can provide life for those different things. I'm so glad they are able to live a full life." - Kris Allen
They have to walk far away to get the water but is it CLEAN ?
The water that African gather is polluted and rite with baterial and parasite which cause life-threatening disease such as cholera dysenterg and guinee worm.
Thousand of chidren under the age of five die in Africa every day from waterborne diseases.
Thousand of chidren under the age of five die in Africa every day from waterborne diseases.
Imagine if every morning you had to get up at the crack of dawn and walk for miles down uneven paths to the nearest water hole to collect your family's water for the day. Then imagine the state of the water: filthy, buzzing with files; the same source used by wild animals. How would you feel? Will you be able to drink that water?
How much water YOU used in a day?
- It takes up to 75 litres of water to run the DISHWASHER.
- If you leave the tap on when you brush your teeth 5 litres of watter will go DOWN THE DRAIN.
- A typical of BATH uses more than 150 litres.
- A single toilet FLUSH uses 10 - 25 litres of water.
- 10 litres of water is used to flush a single toilet while dual flush toilet only uses 4 litres.
- 15-25 litres is used to shower per minute.
- Automatic dishwasher used 80 litres on a full cycle (old ones), new ones used only 15 litres, 20 litres to wash by hand.
A leaky faucet that loses a drop per second loses 16 bathubs full a month, and 10 000 litres a year.
- If you leave the tap on when you brush your teeth 5 litres of watter will go DOWN THE DRAIN.
- A typical of BATH uses more than 150 litres.
- A single toilet FLUSH uses 10 - 25 litres of water.
- 10 litres of water is used to flush a single toilet while dual flush toilet only uses 4 litres.
- 15-25 litres is used to shower per minute.
- Automatic dishwasher used 80 litres on a full cycle (old ones), new ones used only 15 litres, 20 litres to wash by hand.
A leaky faucet that loses a drop per second loses 16 bathubs full a month, and 10 000 litres a year.
Water usage at home in Australia.
- Per capita usage in Africa (on average 47 litres/person/day) is also far below that of other countries (85 litres/person/day in Asia, 334 litres/person/day in the UK and 578 litres/person/day in the US)
- It take 50 glasses of water to produce 1 glass of orange juice. (water used to plant tree, transport...)
In Plachimada India, it is now easier to get a bottled of Coca-Cola than a glasss of clean water.
Italians drink more bottled water than any other nationality worldwide - 107 litres per person, per year.
Italians drink more bottled water than any other nationality worldwide - 107 litres per person, per year.