Water, water, everywhere???

If the World Were A Village of 100 People… 82 would have access to a source of clean water 40 would have malaria 8 additional people would get it every year

Lack of safe water and sanitation is the world’s single largest cause of illness. In 2002, 42 per cent of households had no toilets, and one in six people had no access to safe water. The toll on children is especially high. About 4,500 children die each day from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities. Countless others suffer from poor health, diminished productivity and missed opportunities for education.

Thirsty?

The young and the old are particularly vulnerable. Over 90 per cent of deaths from diarrhoreal diseases due to unsafe water and sanitation in the developing world occur in children below 5 years old. The poor are especially hard hit. A child born in Europe or the United States is 520 times less likely to die from diarrhoeal disease than an infant in sub-Saharan Africa, where only 36 per cent of the population can access hygienic sanitation.

Carrying water (often miles)

Waterborne illnesses keep children out of school. A study of Jamaican students aged 9-12 found that children suffering from trichuriasis (a water-borne disease) were in classes only half as much as their uninfected peers. And when schools lack toilets, girls will often not attend.

Water based diseases Anaemia ArsenicosisAnaemia Arsenicosis Ascariasis Campylobacteriosis.Ascariasis Campylobacteriosis Cholera. Cyanobacterial ToxinsCholeraCyanobacterial Toxins Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever.Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Diarrhoea. FluorosisDiarrhoea Fluorosis Guinea-Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis).Guinea-Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis) Hepatitis. Japanese Encephalitis.Hepatitisapanese Encephalitis Lead Poisoning. LeptospirosisLead PoisoningLeptospirosis Malaria. Malnutrition.Malaria Malnutrition Methaemoglobinemia Onchocerciasis (River Blindness).Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) Ringworm (Tinea) ScabiesRingworm (Tinea)Scabies Schistosomiasis.Schistosomiasis Spinal Injury Trachoma. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Enteric Fevers.TrachomaTyphoid and Paratyphoid Enteric Fevers

Improving household drinking water can reduce diarrhea episodes by as much as 39 per cent; on average, improvements to household sanitation facilities can reduce sickness from diarrhea by almost a third. Almost half of the nearly 2 million deaths from diarrhea each year could be prevented through an understanding of basic hygiene.

Urban-rural disparities are striking. In 2002, only 37 per cent of rural inhabitants had access to basic toilets, against 81 per cent of urban dwellers. The disparities were greatest in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a difference of 40 percentage points between rural and urban populations.

Women and girls are the “water haulers” of the world. On average, women and girls in developing countries walk 6 kilometers a day, carrying 20 litres of water, greatly reducing the time they have for other productive work or for girls to attend school

In some cultural settings where basic sanitation is lacking, women and girls have to rise before dawn, making their way in the darkness to fields, railroad tracks and roadsides to defecate in the open, knowing they may risk rape or other violence in the process. In such circumstances, women and girls often go the whole day without relieving themselves until night affords them the privacy of darkness. Some-times, they limit their daytime intake of food and water so that they can make it until evening. Without toilets in schools, girls must go in the open – that is, if they are even allowed to attend. For many girls, the onset of adolescence means the end of school.

Water distribution center (drought period)

Malaria: a person dies every 30 sec

If the World Were this Classroom of of you would have access to a source of clean water 8 of you would have malaria And another 3 of you would get it every 2 years

According to UNICEF: 2.6 billion people- about 40% of the world’s population- lack basic sanitation facilities 1.2 billion people drink from unsafe sources of water 3.5 million children die each year from diseases related to contaminated water