OXFAM WATER WEEK Thought for the Day WC 3rd July 2017

No! OXFAM WATER WEEK DOES WATER MATTER? Can anyone survive without water? We all need water to live… … and not just any water We all need safe, clean water. We need it for: drinking cooking cleaning washing removing waste (sanitation) growing food

How much water do YOU use each day? = 5 litres To drink per day? 2-4 litres per day To grow your food? 2000-5000 litres per day! In the UK people use… 150 litres per day (each) In many countries people still have access to less than… 20 litres per day (each) Over 7 times less Is it fair that some people have water when others don’t?

WHAT DOES WATER-VULNERABLE MEAN? Without clean water and sanitation, you are water- vulnerable. What do you think this word means? Not enough water to drink. Not able to grow enough food. Using your time to find water. At risk of disease. WHAT CAN BE DONE? Communities work hard to overcome these problems themselves. However sometimes they need some support. Oxfam works with water-vulnerable communities to try to overcome water problems. What other ways could you help people who suffer from water shortage? Who can help?

80 Years of ‘999’ The world's oldest emergency service - 999 - was 80 years old last week. The last eight decades have seen the service expand from handling more than 1,000 calls in its first week of operation, in London in 1937, to around 560,000 calls a week now - around 30 million calls a year, according to BT's archives. The service was launched following a fire at a London doctor's surgery in November 1935 that resulted in five fatalities, and led to a committee set up by the government to look at how telephone operators could identify emergency calls. Over the years, the service has changed and adapted to the way that our lives and needs have changed. However, the same principle has been seen throughout. View more on this here: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/999-turns-80-years-old-13261051 Why is having this emergency number/service important? What instances have we needed this service?