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People do their laundry and bathe
in the same places that they water their animals and get their drinking water. Just 13 percent has access to adequate sanitation services. One thing all of the walks have in common is that they are almost exclusively done by women and girls, and the water they return with is often contaminated by disease.
On an average day women in poor countries walk four miles and carry approximately 44 pounds of water back to their families. These cans strapped onto the back using rope.
More than half of the population of
75 million is suffering from water- related disease. Over 80 percent of all disease in Ethiopia is attributed to poor access to clean water. Over 250,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhea.
Many girls never get an opportunity
to go to school because the responsibility of collecting enough water to keep their families alive takes precedence. Subsistence agriculture is a way
of life for 90 percent of the rural population. Despite the prominence of farming, agricultural production is vulnerable due to low rainfall. |
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