water supply in africa

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In Africa, there are many issues that are prevalent in everyday life. The reality of having dirty water supply is something that the civilians have to deal with on an everyday bases. Without clean water their is no way for a person survive. Also, people are getting sick due to the contaminated water. Parents are watching their children die and have no way to help or stop the tragedies. Through out the years their has been progress, but it is something that needs to be addressed and needs to be fixed now.
Today In Africa a billion, 884 million people do not have the privilege to come in contact with clean water; 34% of theses people reside in the Sub Saharan according to the water project. " Water scarcity is a south African Reality. The country has an annual rainfall, which is below the worlds average 500 mm as opposed to the world average of 860" (Friedrich). This is almost half of what the worlds average is making Africa one of the most driest continent there is. Because children do not have accesses they are constantly missing school. About 443 million days are missed because of illnesses. In Africa one out of every five deaths in caused by a water related disease. It is known that more people die from unsafe water than any things else in Africa. These numbers are a shocking, yet a true realization on how bad this actually is. Around, 115 people die every hour from poor sanitation and diseases associated with dirty water supply.The government in africa made false claims saying that " 94% of Africa has access to clean drinking water". This was found to be false, and the really question is instead of lying about it, why not make it a reality?.
In many parts of Africa today people are faced with not having clean water. "In sub-S...

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... which is in hopes to speed water sanitation in poor areas. There are also many others that have been established to help.
In conclusion, this is an on going problem that needs to be stopped. Water is something that everyone needs in order to survive. Its sad that every most people in the United States, can turn on their water, waste it and get clean drinking water, while children in africa are dying because of it. As a nation, we need to figure out how to stop this to help our fellow people. As we all know, many of Africa's diseases and issues can be stopped through immunization, a clean walter supple, sanitation and education on these health issues. This is an ongoing cycle, and many factors contribute to the water contamination. We must fix every one of these problem. We have a lot of work to be done, but I feel if everyone comes together, there can be a change.

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