Food, Water and Disease

Map: https://www.wfp.org/content/hunger-map-2015 Myths: http://www.wfp.org/stories/11-myths-about-global-hunger Video: http://www.wfp.org/videos/nutrition-2-minutes-0 Infographic: https://www.pinterest.com/freefromhunger/infographics-on-global-hunger-microfinance/

Hunger – True or False? 1: There isn’t enough food to feed the world. 2: Resolving hunger is more than just the amount of food people have to eat. 3: Droughts and other natural disasters are the main cause of hunger. 4: Hunger usually exists when food is unavailable in shops and markets. 5: Hunger and famine can be predicted and prepared for 6: There is nothing we can do to help hungry people.

Water Map of water access: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SAFE.ZS?view=map 200 million hours a day are spent collecting water Responsibility borne by women and children 443,000,000 school days lost a year Water is 5 – 10 times more expensive in slum areas in cities than in well developed neighbourhoods.

Water and Disease 1 child dies every 21 seconds from water related disease (WHO) More than AIDS and malaria combined Caused by dirty water Can’t clean hands No separate bathroom –2.5 billion without http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/28/toilets-india-health-rural-women-safety

Wasagamack - Manitoba

Water in Canada Currently 169 boil water advisories in 126 first nations reserves 400/616 first nations had water advisory at some point between 2004 and 2014 93% of first nations in Sask. and NB Longest is Neskantanga first nation in Ontario – 20 years of boil water advisory Do not consume from 4 to 16 between 2012 and 2014 2016 UN report criticised  “restricted access to safe drinking water and to sanitation by the First Nations as well as the lack of water regulations for the First Nations living on reserves.”

What is a boil water advisory? Use tap water for: Laundry Showers Shaving Flushing toilets  Use boil water for: Drinking Brushing teeth Sponge bathing babies Making ice Washing Vegetables and fruits Preparing food and baby formula Coffee making Pet water bowls  Do not use: Any kind of household filter Ice makers, soda dispensers or any appliance with a line to the water supply Water toys such as wading pools 

Disease -AIDS 95% of new cases are in the developing world 99% of these are untreated 40 million AIDS orphans Very little education Social and cultural pressures Those with disease become outcasts Drugs not given that can prevent mother-baby transitions

Some hope on AIDS Number of AIDS-related deaths in Africa down by 32% since 2005. Overall decline in world of people dying of AIDS—peak was in 1997—and spending on it increasing every year. Now 75% of South Africans who need ARVs—antiretroviral drugs—can get them. ARVs reduce virus to point virus cannot be transmitted sexually. Life expectancy has gone up in South Africa for first time since 1995. More acceptance of problem by politicians and more acceptance of condom use.