What is out of order you may ask… well to put is bluntly over 1 billion people around the globe to do not have access to running water[1].These people routinely drink unhealthy contaminated water which is the result of poor water management, insufficient sanitation or even apathy on the part of those you do have access to clean water because of their economic status.Poor water quality and bad sanitation are responsible for over 5 million deaths annually as a result of water born disease and related issues[1]. Furthermore the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are 1.4 million child deaths annually from diarrhoea as a result of poor water sanitation and quality[1].
This is all avoidable if the appropriate funds, sustainability, management and effort from people like you, are put to use in all the right places. The point of this campaign is to make people aware of what it is like to live without the pleasurable convenience of running fresh water, that slight amount of inconvenience felt when seeing the out of order notice is something that over a billion people feel everyday of their lives, lives which are made much shorter as a result of this. So next time you flush or slide over to the basin, remember many people, people who live in this very town do not have the same privilege or human right…
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