Linda Mead

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Linda Mead
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1.4 billion people lack access to safe drinking
water   2 billion lack access to effective
sanitation   25,000 children die each day from
water related diseases  
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Caroline Mead
Caroline Mead
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Caroline Mead
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Women and children in the developing world can
travel an average of 10-15 km to get water. It is
not uncommon for them to spend 4-5 hours a day on
hauling water   70 of the Earths surface is
covered in seas and oceans
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Over 80 of the diseases in developing countries
are related to poor drinking water and
sanitation.   A person needs 5 litres of water a
day for drinking and cooking 25 more litres are
needed to stay clean.  
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The average Canadian family uses 350 Litres of
water in a day and in Europe, 165 Litres. In
Africa, the average is 20 Litres. Only 3 of the
Earths water is freshwater, of which half is
held in glaciers and icecaps
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'To privatise water is like handing down death
sentences to the majority of the urban and rural
poor in Ghana.'The Christian Council of Ghana
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The poor search for water, but there is none
their tongues are parched with thirst. But I, the
Lord, will answer them I, the God of Israel,
will not forsake them. I will make rivers flow on
barren heights and springs within the valleys. I
will turn the deserts into pools of water and the
parched ground into springs. (Isaiah 4117-20)