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Africa’s Water – At What Price ?Most of the world's one billion people who still don't have access to clean and safe drinking water live in Africa.


Africa’s Water – At What Price ?

ENGLISH FRENCH

Sanitation Assainissement

Preserve Préserver

Relieving Soulager

Incredibly incroyablement

Slim Mince



VOCABULARY

Sanitation Conditions relating to public health, esp. the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal.

Preserve Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Relieving Cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.

Incredibly To a great degree; extremely

Slim reduce



Four major crisis in Africa :

1. Malaria - There is 90% of malaria deaths.

2. HIV/AIDS - Two-thirds of all people living have this disease. AIDS threatens to wipe out an

entire generation during its most productive years.

3. Tuberclosis - One-third people have TB.

4. Water - Clean and pure drinking water.



Climate change –Rain has become infrequent

Stolen water – 35% of the cities water isstolen or given out through illegalconnections.

People migrating into cities from rural villages increases the pressure for thecity to meet the water demand.



Good health begins with access to clean water. Poor health leads to poor productivity.

Every glass of dirty water is a potential killer.

Water and Young Children

Lack of Water = Lack of Equality.Girls are expected to fetch water for thehouse and thus lose on education.



WATER AND HUNGERRelieving hunger in Africa has to begin with access to clean water. Without access toa reliable source of water, food is hard to grow and even more difficult to preserve andprepare. Water is fundamental to relieving hunger in the developing world.



POVERTY IN AFRICA BEGINS WITH A LACK OF CLEAN WATERPoverty and Water are Related

You can't grow food, build housing, stay healthy, stay in school and keep working. Without clean water, the possibility of breaking out of the cycle of poverty is incrediblyslim.

ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER - The foundation of all development

Wasted TimeAfrica alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water; that's the same as a whole year's worth of labour by France's entire workforce!The hours lost to gathering water are often the difference between time to do a trade and earn a living and not.



A small investment in a clean, safe source of water can have a huge impact on both cropproduction and the nutrition of a community.

Installing of wells has led to popping of many small gardens all around.

Technologies should specifically target increased crop production.

Weirs (sub-surface sand dams) should be installed.

There is hope

WEIRS IN AFRICA : A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water.



Preventative measures :A. Construction of dams in the developing area. B. Overall, infrastructureC. Access to sanitation supplies and clean water education.

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