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Clean Clean water also means
Water women and girls. Protecting water sources from
better quality of life for
pollution is everyone’s
In Africa, 90 per cent of the
is Life work of gathering water and responsibility. Appropriate and
adequate action must be taken to
wood is done by women. prevent pollution. Human life and
Clean water is crucial to human health and life. It is Women and girls often spend prosperity rest on our actions
everybody’s responsibility to keep our water sources clean. up to six hours every day today. Our lifestyle and activities
fetching water.
Globally, diarrhoea is the leading cause of illnesses and deaths. This amounts to 40 billion determine the quality of water.
30,000 deaths occur every week from unsafe water and hours spent every year Reduce wastage and manage water
e ciently and ensure that we do
unhygienic living conditions. walking for water in not pollute the rivers so that we can
Africa alone.
90 per cent of deaths are children under ve In some nations, only 50 have an endless ow of clean
years old. per cent of girls are enrolled water supply.
88 per cent of diarrhoea-related deaths are due to unsafe in schools due to lack
drinking water, lack of access to sanitation facilities and of toilet facilities.
inadequate availability of water for hygienic purposes.

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Clean water is needed for food production.
Find out more In Agriculture accounts for roughly 70
about water by 2050 per cent of global fresh water
clicking:
http://www.water- an increase in population will require withdrawals and up to 90 per cent Adapted from :
60 per cent more food.
day.org/ in some fast growing economies. https://thewaterproject.org/why-water/10-ways-clean-
water changes-the-world

Vocabulary Journal WORD STUDY

Word Meaning Group the words below under the
correct headings.
death responsibility leading water drinking

Picture Part of speech production accounts reduce better spend
appropriate manage pollute endless

Nouns Verbs Adjectives
1. illness 1. 1.
Sentence 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.

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