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Access To Safe Drinking Water Africa South of the Sahara

Access To Safe Drinking Water Africa South of the Sahara. Created by Mrs. Jarmer March 2011. How do you use water throughout your day?. My Daily Water Use List. If you did not have easy access to clean water, how would your daily water use list change?.

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Access To Safe Drinking Water Africa South of the Sahara

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  1. Access To Safe Drinking WaterAfrica South of the Sahara Created by Mrs. Jarmer March 2011

  2. How do you use water throughout your day?

  3. My Daily Water Use List

  4. If you did not have easy access to clean water, how would your daily water use list change?

  5. When I look at a world map, I see a lot of blue. Doesn't that represent water?

  6. Water Demonstration 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) Fill a container with 1 gallon of water (represents all of the water 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.

  7. charity: water clip featuring "Time Bomb" by Beck http://www.charitywater.org/media/videos/?video=video4

  8. Would you drink the water shown in the video clip?

  9. Water Facts 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.

  10. If you drink dirty water, you can suffer from… 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

  11. Some Serious Facts 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

  12. Why isn't there access to safe drinking water? Location Drought Conflicts Sabotage

  13. Water Changes Everything • http://www.charitywater.org/media/videos/?src=trailers&video=video11

  14. What can be done? • List 1-2 ideas to help get Africa increased access to safe drinking water

  15. Civil wars have led to increasing poverty, decreasing access to safe drinking water, and disappearing government services • What is fueling/funding these conflicts?

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