Clean Water and Sanitation
By Amelia Patterson and Amelia Baird
Facts about Water and the uses
- In the world, there is almost 900 million people who dont have acess to clean water.
- Millions of lives are lost every year due to diseases from dirty water.
- Our planet is made of 70% of water and 97.5% of salt water.
- One child every 20 seconds die from dirreah from paricites due to dirty water.
One of the struggling children.
This child is just one of the millions that have to put up with this water every day and live with this water every day.
Collecting water.
This boy has to collect his water. This causes him to miss out on education and learning.
No time for school. Too sick to learn
So many children are missing school with diseases and sickness.
Shelter and Water
Shelter and Water
Even if the kids are well many of them are still missing school because they have to help their families search and collect water. When a families focus is on finding water there isnt much of an opportunity to generate income for school fees let alone buying any vital needs. When schools lack clean water, diseases are spread quickly. Many girls miss school or are taken out because there is no private place to go to the bathroom.