The topic that I chose to focus on is access to healthy water. This topic is important to me because I feel as if I take the healthy water that I have to drink for granted. I should be more appreciative for the water that I have to bath, drink, cook, swim, etc. Many parts of the world do not have access to healthy water as we do in the United States. For example, Uganda is an area in our world where there are major health issues. In the small villages, many people, including children, are at risk each day with the areas of water that are close by which contain bilharzia, which is a parasite that can cause life-threatening illnesses. (UNIVEF, 2012) Nearly 9 million children died before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes. (UNIVEF, 2012) An estimated 4,000 children die every day from diarrhea caused by poor sanitation and dirty water. (UNIVEF, 2012) To think that 4,000 children die from poor sanitation and dirty water is heart-breaking to me. This helps me learn to appreciate my upbringing and access to clean, healthy water tremendously.
http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Our-mission/Childrens-rights/Health/
Kaitlyn - this an extremely heartfelt post! I knew that other countries suffered from different diseases and some, without clean water, however I had no idea that so many children die before they are even able to live their lives fully.
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Kaitlyn, I didn't realize how many children die because of bad water. I complain all the time because we have terrible well water full of iron, we can't drink it. After reading your post I will not complain because we do have the means to get clean drinking water.
ReplyDeleteKaitlyn, The title to your topic is so appropriate. It is very true when you say learning to appreciate the small things in life....We tend to take for granted the valuable resources and opportunities that are available in the United States. It saddens my heart to think children die from drinking tainted water, as well as from malnutrition.
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