Stranded and orphaned, baby otter is nursed back to health
I thought this was cute!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Water
It was announced that The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation will donate $750 million to fight AIDs,
Tuberculosis and Malaria. I thought I would talk about something perhaps a little lesser know and that is the need for clean
water.
Water is essential to the
survival of all organisms. Simply put without it life would not exist. The majority of us living in developed
nations take safe water for granted. We
don’t even think about it when we make our tea in the morning, wash our dishes, brush our teeth or take a shower. However, worldwide
nearly one billion people lack access to clean water and 2.6 billion people
lack access to adequate sanitation. It's estimated that 884
million people worldwide do not have access to an improved drinking water
source, such as house pipes, public standpipe, protected well, protected
spring, or rainwater collection. According
to the World Health Organization 3.5 million people die each year from water
related diseases and the majority are children.
In fact every 20 seconds a child dies from a water related disease. The good news is there are known solutions and treatment options. We just need to make it happen.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)