Water shortages in Africa
By:Paris Holmes
There is not enough water in Africa we need to do something about it!
37% of Zimbabwean farms don't get enough rainfall for the production of agriculture. That means if there is not enough rainfall there will be not enough food.
Their people will starve and not have enough rainfall water to drink.
Children in Africa dream of going to school rather than walking miles a day for dirty water that is most likely going to make them sick.
Restored health allows people to take care of their family and more children can get their education they have always dreamed of.
Water related diseases.
Every 30 seconds under- 5 African children die of Malaria. This happens because they are not drinking clean,safe,filtered water. They can catch diseases from the water they drink because its unfiltered and tends to have sewage or rubbish.
How do they get these diseases?
There are children who are trying to get water. But sometimes it just isn't clean or safe to drink. But they have no choice but to drink the unfiltered water.
What else is happening?
Everyone needs water to survive sadly thats not the case in Africa. The good thing is there are leaders in Africa who are aware about this and trying to fix the problem we can help by donating water and money to foundations and charity's to help save children in Africa and give people nice clean drinking water. Even a single dollar can help. Also you can precipitate in races and triathlons.
How can we help?
Here are some ways you can help and some thing people are doing to help
- Over the next 5 weeks temporary employees will give LifeStraw the company's water filters to 900,000 in households in Western Province almost 90% of the whole population which is providing 4 million people with safe and clean drinking water.
- Give water and help rescue some of the 440 million school days lost every year to water-related sickness.
- Wells, dams,and rain catchment systems can provide a reliable source of drinking water.
- For a small investment, you can fund water projects that will give water to villages and schools.