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Action for clean water redcross.org.uk/education
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What do we use water for?
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Meet Brenda
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884 million people in the world lack access to safe water. That’s about 1 in every 8 people. Did you know?
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In many developing countries, women and girls walk on average over 3.5 miles each day to fetch water. Women often spend more than 15 hours per week collecting water. Did you know?
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More than 3.4 million people die each year from harmful water, sanitation and hygiene-related causes. That’s more than the entire population of Wales. Did you know?
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A person in the UK taking a five minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country uses for an entire day. Did you know?
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Brenda’s story
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Samson’s story
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Meet Sylester and Amos
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The problem
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Solutions – Water tanks
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Solutions – New toilets
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Solutions – Health club
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What questions would you ask? How has the Kenya Red Cross helped you and your school? How old are you? What is your name? How has your life changed because of this help? How do you feel now that you have access to clean water and sanitation? Where do you live? How did you feel when you didn’t have access to clean water and sanitation?
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Keeping healthy
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© British Red Cross 2014 All photographs fully protected by copyright. Schools and other educational organisations are free to use this powerpoint for educational use. The licence does not extend beyond this use. This means that anyone wishing to put an image on a website, crop or edit it, or use it in any other way, must first contact the copyright holder and negotiate a licence for the use they require. This resource and other free educational materials are available at redcross.org.uk/education The British Red Cross Society is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SCO37738). Copyright notice
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