Transcript Access To Safe Drinking Water Africa South of the Sahara

Created by Mrs. Jarmer
March 2011
Flush the toilet 6 times
Wash my hands 6 times
Shower (15 minutes)
Brush my teeth
Rinse salad & carrots- lunch
Fill up coffee pot
Boil water to cook pasta- dinner
Wash dishes
Fill up ice trays
Give Harlee water 3 times
Wash a load of clothes
Fill up water bottle 2 times
1.
Fill a container with 1 gallon of water (represents all of the
water in the world)
2. Take out 2.5 % (3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon) and place it in a
clear container (represents all of the freshwater in the world)
3. Of this amount, remove 70% (2 tablespoons) and place it in a
clear container (represents water trapped in glaciers or too deep to
access)
The remainder – less than 1 percent of the Earth’s total water supply – is
left to support human needs for agriculture, drinking, and washing, as well
as for lakes, rivers, and freshwater ecosystems.
http://www.charitywater.org/media/videos/?video=video4
1 billion people in the world do not have access
to safe water.
In Africa, two out of five people lack clean water.
An American taking a five minute shower uses
more water than a typical person living in a
developing country’s slum uses in a whole day.
Diarrhea: an intestinal disorder characterized by
abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations
Dysentery: infection of the intestine with bacteria
Parasites: an organism living in, with, or on another
organism
Typhoid: an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease
The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives
through disease than any war claims through guns.
1.4 million children die every year from diarrhea
caused by unclean water and poor sanitation.
4,000 children die per day
One child dies every 20 seconds
Location
Drought
Conflicts
Sabotage
Water Changes Everything
 http://www.charitywater.org/media/videos/?src=traile
rs&video=video11
What can be done?
 List 1-2 ideas to help get Africa
increased access to safe drinking water
 Civil wars have led to increasing
poverty, decreasing access to safe
drinking water, and disappearing
government services
 What is fueling/funding these
conflicts?