ASSIGNMENT
A. You have to create a Weebly account if you haven't already created one.
B. You need to fund raise a dollar. You need to explain to who ever you ask for money where the money is going and why is needed, your explanation will further educate the population of the importance of water conservation.
C. You have to write an essay with at least three paragraphs of at least five sentences each. All the answers of questions 1-13 should be answered in your essay.
D. The first paragraph should be about the problem due to lack of easy access or no access to clean water in some countries. (Give examples)
F. The second paragraph should be about the solution to this problem and how you can be an active participant in trying to end this problem.
G. The last paragraph should be about how you view life differently as a result of knowing the difference clean accessible water makes in someone's life. Additionally, it should include how and why you should take care of water where you live.
H. You need to talk about your fund raising experience. Were you ask questions? Were people curious to know where the money will go? How did you feel having to ask people for help? How do you feel about knowing that the dollar raised will make a dramatic difference in someone's life.
QUESTIONS
- What is the thirst project?
- When and where was the thirst organization born?
- What problems are they trying to solve? (Explain )
- What is the solution to the problem?
- How much does it cost to built a pump?
- What are some of the countries being helped by this organization?
- How can you help?
- How did you raise your dollar?
- What did you think and feel when you became aware of the negative effects of lack of clean accessible water?
- List at least three things that can happen to your body as a result of lack of access to clean water?
- Have you ever experienced or witness lack of clean water near where you live or are visiting?
- Were you ask questions? Were people curious to know where the money will go?
- How did you feel about asking people for help? How do you feel about knowing that the dollar raised will make a dramatic difference in someone's life.
THE THIRST PROJECT
If you want to learn more about the Thirst Project, click the button or search http://www.thirstproject.org/
EL PROJECTO AGUA
Si necesitas saber el problema dl agua, aunque no sea la misma ornanisacion es un problema similar. Preciona el boton or copia y pega. http://proyectoagua.org/
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The Problem
Almost 1 Billion on our planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water and proper sanitization. That’s one in every eight of us. 4,100 children die every day from diseases caused by contaminated water. That’s huge. That’s approximately one child every 21 seconds. 80% of all global diseases are water-borne and result from drinking contaminated water. These diseases kill more than 2.2 million people every year.
The average distance a woman walks to collect water is 3.75 miles. The task of water-collecting falls on young girls, leaving them no time or energy for school. Without an education, it is nearly impossible to break the cycle of poverty. Lack of access to water prevents every other element of community development from taking place effectively. Water empowers agriculture, education and micro-finance. Without water, there is no life.
Most people are not aware of this situation at all, or simply don’t know just how grave it is. What’s worst is that the water is there. It’s right below the ground, but for most communities in these developing nations, they simply can’t reach it because they can’t afford to drill down to it. Water is a human right! Together, we can raise awareness and build wells. It starts with us. It starts with you.
The average distance a woman walks to collect water is 3.75 miles. The task of water-collecting falls on young girls, leaving them no time or energy for school. Without an education, it is nearly impossible to break the cycle of poverty. Lack of access to water prevents every other element of community development from taking place effectively. Water empowers agriculture, education and micro-finance. Without water, there is no life.
Most people are not aware of this situation at all, or simply don’t know just how grave it is. What’s worst is that the water is there. It’s right below the ground, but for most communities in these developing nations, they simply can’t reach it because they can’t afford to drill down to it. Water is a human right! Together, we can raise awareness and build wells. It starts with us. It starts with you.
The Solution
Water. Water is the problem. Water is the solution. It might not cost as much to build and maintain a freshwater well as you think. The cost to build a freshwater well in the developing nations we work in ranges from between $7,800 in Uganda to $20,000 in Kenya. That means an entire COMMUNITY of people’s lives can be forever saved for as little as $7.8K!All we have to do is reach the water that already exists in aquifers usually only 100-300 feet underground. One well can provide up to 500 people with clean water indefinitely. One well can save lives.
When you bring safe water into a community, disease consistently drops consistently by upwards 88% nearly overnight! Child mortality drops by nearly 99% almost overnight! The solution is too simple and the victory points are too easily attainable for us to continue to ignore the #1 killer of children globally. The solution is water. The solution is us. The solution is YOU.
Interested in learning more details about how we do? Download and check out The Thirst Project’s Standards for Implementing Water Projects
When you bring safe water into a community, disease consistently drops consistently by upwards 88% nearly overnight! Child mortality drops by nearly 99% almost overnight! The solution is too simple and the victory points are too easily attainable for us to continue to ignore the #1 killer of children globally. The solution is water. The solution is us. The solution is YOU.
Interested in learning more details about how we do? Download and check out The Thirst Project’s Standards for Implementing Water Projects