Source of Life: Water

Water, the one thing other than air that we need the most. It is everywhere and covers most of our earth and yet problems arise from it. People get sick from contaminations, droughts in countries kill entire villages, and there isn’t enough clean water for people to use for their hygienic purposes. Dirty water can put hundreds of people in hospital and give someone dhirea. In rural areas people die from lack of clean water or not having water at all. Children do not see past the age of 5. Hygiene is also seen as large problem since many rural areas lack basic hygiene necessities (showers, sinks, and especially toilets). A woman in a small village in India spoke about how not having a toilet in or near her home affected her. She spoke of how one morning her daughter went to where they used as a bathroom for the village and was attacked by a drunkard. Nobody should have to feel unsafe when they are doing their personal business. The woman stood up and pleaded for help and her plead was answered. A group of people came to her village and installed a small bathroom with a toilet next to her home. Now she won’t fear for her children’s safety when taking care of their hygiene. Unfortunately this can’t be done to all those who need bathrooms. Reason being that for installing a proper flush toilet takes up to much water that these rural villages might not have. It also affects the environment with all the human waste going into rivers and oceans which circulate all the diseases that make these very same villagers sick. A foundation has started to figure out how to create bathrooms that does not require the complicated sewage system that our current toilets have.  Another foundation is trying to see who can come up with a proper way to reuse our waste into a type of energy. For now we have no defined solutions but as we keep progressing we are sure to find one soon.