1. Water Crisis Solution Plan
Maddie Spinelli, Shehryar Mudassir, Kunitaka Tai, and Atharv Pathak

2. Country Background Eastern African country
Many past power struggles/ governmental issues
99% of population Sunni Muslim
Chronic drought
Lack of clean water
Map of Africa, Somalia is highlighted in red. (

3. Statistics Population: about 10 million people.
Average lifespan of 50 years
Only 29% percent of country can access clean water (wealthy)
Currency: Somali Shillings. (1000 Somali Shillings = $0.70 USD.) (

4. The Problem Unsanitary water
People in Somalia either have no water, or unclean water
This picture shows the amount of polluted water a country has. The wider the country is shown, the higher percentage of unclean water

5. How Water Pollution Hurts Somalia
People and animals are dying
Diseases are spread
Somali women spend hours finding water
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6. Disease Cholera - intestine-related virus
Malaria- mosquitos around dirty water
Animals drinking contaminated water
Cholera Deaths (WorldMapper.com)
Malaria Deaths (WorldMapper.com)

7. What Needs To Be Done Create Desalination Plant on coastline
Create extra wells

8. If the problem is dealt with
Empowerment of women
Higher education rates
Less disease/disease spread

9. Contribution to the "MDGs" (Millennium Development Goals)
MDG 1- eradication of extreme hunger
MDG 2 and 3 women - education and empowerment of women
MDG 4 less disease open to young kids
MDG 6 clean drinking water means less diseases

10. Conclusions Clean water for Somalia
Desalination, water wells as backup
Improve conditions by having clean facilities
Fix overall health of people
Millennium Development Goal 7B is met (