Children Globally Need Access To Healthy Water

Generally speaking, children need healthy water in order to thrive, water is needed for our organs to function properly, children need proper brain function for learning, children need to live in clean sanitary conditions in order to live healthy, and without diseases related to water, but most of all children miss school, and some do not live long enough to make it to school because they die before age five due to contaminated water   . Nonetheless, it imperative to me that children have decent hygiene and hand washing techniques in order keep them from spreading killer germs to each other. Children and parents also need the use of sanitary toilets, to keep from distributing diseases    others, especially for young females. In addition, girls are more likely to pick up diseases from contaminated toilets, than males.

In developing countries children do not have access to clean water. One in five children die from diseases, that water carries. Seven hundred and eighty three million people do not have access to clean water, and thirty-seven percent of these people live in Sub-Sarah Africa. Statics state that worldwide one and nine people have no prospects of drinking clean water.  A multitude of school days are null and void every year due to water being unsanitary and having water related diseases that  can exterminate or cause illnesses that cannot be cured.  

It also states that part of the worlds hospitals are filled with people who are sick with diseases of contaminated water. In the worlds developing countries females below the age of 15 are twice as probable as boys to be the in charge of getting water for their family and the Jerry cans weight, is at least 40 pounds. Sanitation in these  countries are linked to 80 percent of sicknesses due to poor water conditions. Schools have no running toilets and clean water, so females drop out when they reach  the puberty stage, which is unfortunate. Internationally, seventy percent of the water supply is used for irrigation and farming only ten percent for local domestic, a small amount of people in Sub-Saharan Africa have use of a suitable toilet facilities. Furthermore, people who live in country regions predominately from end to end, mostly live in a continuation of food production. Still, 84 percent have no access to better quality water.

According to the World Health Organization for every one dollar dedicated to healthy water there is a monetary return between three dollars and thirty-four dollars. Moreover, investing in safe water helps children globally gain improvement of more than 413 million days of good health. Studies show that for every ten percent of growth in female’s literacy affects the entire economy and can increase up 0.3 percent (The Water Project, 2014).

Press Release with new information on healthy water: Raising Clean Hands: Advancing Learning, Health and Participation through WASH IN SCHOOL (UNICEF, 2016). WASH IN SCHOOLS is a project hosted by UNICEF in which policy makers now have to provide sanitary conditions. Still, it is difficult for politicians, school administrators and communities in other countries. Sixty countries were surveyed, but only thirty-three delivered accurate information. Major changes have been made to protect the welfare of children in schools. Now, millions of children are being served safe clean water, clean facilities, and are being educated about the importance of hygiene (Unicef, 2016).

Sharing information with colleagues can impact my future because they may not know about joining UNICEF, or how to or join the Health Organization. I also donate money to the Water Project and UNICEF but I also purchased a kit to take to the next Family Daycare Homes and Home Centers meeting. Hopefully we can start our own Fundraiser’s for the purpose of these developing countries, and donate all proceeds to the Water Project, UNICEF, and other projects involved in promoting clean and healthy water for developing countries. 

References

The Water Project. (2014, August 12). Statistics of the Water Crisis. Retrieved from Facts About Water:https://thewaterproject.org/water_stats

Unicef. (2016, May 12). Lack of safe water and sanitation in schools affects children’s learning – and their lives. Retrieved from Press Release: http://www.unicef.org/media/files/raisingcleanhands_2010.pdf