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The Problem of the Scarcity of Fresh Water

Water Changes Everything

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0:00. water

0:03. it's life's most basic need

0:06. but there's a water crisis in our world right now

0:10. seriously a crisis nearly 1 billion people live without clean drinking water

0:16. it's happening all over the world especially in developing areas of

0:20. sub-saharan Africa Southeast Asia and Latin America

0:23. it's a water crisis because it starts with water but water affects everything

0:30. education health

0:33. poverty and especially women and children

0:37. let's look at a family caught in the water crisis it's likely they live on

0:41. less than a dollar a day when they're thirsty

0:44. they can't just turn on the faucet for a nice cold glass of water

0:48. they don't have a faucet instead the women and children go off to collect

0:53. water

0:55. many walk up to three hours a day to the nearest swamp pond or river to gather

1:01. water that's been sitting out in the open

1:04. exposed to all kinds of germs time spent gathering water is time they can't spend

1:11. learning to read right

1:13. earn an income or take care of their family some women in sub-saharan Africa

1:18. spend more time collecting water than any other activity they do in the day

1:22. and the walk isn't just hard it's dangerous

1:27. the women are alone and burdened with 40 pounds of water

1:30. many get hurt sometimes they're even attacked when they make it home

1:35. the little water they've collected is include some families know their water

1:40. is contaminated with germs that cause diarrhea dehydration even death

1:46. but what choice do they have kids especially babies are affected most by

1:51. these germs about every 19 seconds

1:54. a mother loses one of her children to a water related illness and each day

1:59. almost a billion people are living this way until they get a little help

2:08. the water crisis is solvable there are solutions

2:12. some are brand new and innovative like water filtration systems

2:15. some are age-old like drilled or hand-dug Wells these solutions bring

2:20. clean water much closer to the people who need it

2:23. a safe water project near a village restores hours each day to a person's

2:27. life

2:27. this time it's opportunity its freedom to go to school and get an education to

2:33. work or start a business to raise a family

2:37. Africa alone could save 40 billion hours each year

2:40. that's the entire annual workforce of France

2:43. clean water means less disease that's less money spent on medicine which means

2:48. more money for books and school uniforms

2:51. and if the water project is building our school it can increase attendance

2:56. especially among young girls the water crisis is vast but we can solve just

3:01. twenty dollars can provide one person with access to a clean-water project in

3:06. their village and this will mean more than clean water

3:12. because water changes everything

3:18. join us