Americans have thought of places without access to clean water is some third world country, not places like Flint, Michigan with their lead infested waters. Flint is just one of thousands of cities that happens to have the spotlight because water has become a topic of concern everywhere. I first noticed this issue when I have visited China and had a tasted of this problem, in the summer before my sophomore year of high school, in the larger cities they have very unsafe drinking water that the tour guide advise everyone to not drink water that resturants prove you or even from water bottles because of how horrible their sewage system was. The tour guide actually provided us with a filter to filter our water from a bottle to a different bottle and this was something I was very unused to. The water in villages like where my mom is from have an even worst problem where they did not even have proper plumbing because they wanted to conserve their water. The only source of water came from a giant well in the middle of the village and if it got contaminated then they would have no water until the next time it rains. In a privileged country, Americans hear about all of these stories of how people struggle but to really see it in person, it is very different and that is why this water crisis is a big issue. We survive seven days without food but only 3 days without water thus making water essentially a very basic need but not everyone has access to it. According to Diana Kendall two of out five people lack access to safe drinking water (663 million people). Only “... 1% of the water on this Earth is a usable freshwater supply… ” but as Americans, we do not face this issue as harshly as others (Kendall 352). While there are many places in America where the residents become poisoned by their water around them because of industrial dumping, there are places in the world with no water to begin with. An organization that is battling this water crisis is Waters Without Borders, founded in
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After learning more of the water crisis he was motivational to from this nonprofit organization. The efforts from by Waters Without Borders has heavily impacted South Dakota, Africa, Haiti, and Honduras. Waters Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that resides in United States of America but has an international reach where they are dedicated to providing sustainable and safe sources for drinking water. According to their opening statement the “... lack of safe drinking water is the leading cause of disease, civil strife, hunger, and birth defects in the world” (Waters Without Borders.) In 2013, their 990 tax form stated from their total revenue of $28,954, $25,368 was their total functional expenses leaving their new income were $3,586. In addition to the founder, Frank Evert, the people on the board are Barabara Moore as treasurer, Mary Ann Cantela as a board member, Kimberly Evert Kuhn as secretary, Amanda Sills as a board member with a background of hydro geologist that helped with the bigger projects Waters Without Borders has tackled, Verbo Jean Julien as a consultant for several organizations in Haiti, and Dan Macritchie who is in charge of fundraising and insurance for the organization (Waters Without
After learning more of the water crisis he was motivational to from this nonprofit organization. The efforts from by Waters Without Borders has heavily impacted South Dakota, Africa, Haiti, and Honduras. Waters Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that resides in United States of America but has an international reach where they are dedicated to providing sustainable and safe sources for drinking water. According to their opening statement the “... lack of safe drinking water is the leading cause of disease, civil strife, hunger, and birth defects in the world” (Waters Without Borders.) In 2013, their 990 tax form stated from their total revenue of $28,954, $25,368 was their total functional expenses leaving their new income were $3,586. In addition to the founder, Frank Evert, the people on the board are Barabara Moore as treasurer, Mary Ann Cantela as a board member, Kimberly Evert Kuhn as secretary, Amanda Sills as a board member with a background of hydro geologist that helped with the bigger projects Waters Without Borders has tackled, Verbo Jean Julien as a consultant for several organizations in Haiti, and Dan Macritchie who is in charge of fundraising and insurance for the organization (Waters Without