A Drop of Clean Water

**Varanasi, India – Rowing on a boat causes series of waves on the surface of Ganges river**.
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Sound: Dropping Water, Creator: Kibae Park – i tell a story.com

Recently, I read in a news article that “Extinction Rebellion activists fill golf course holes with cement in protest against greens being exempt from water ban in France as country battles extreme drought (DailyMail.com dated on Aug. 14, 2022)”. I fully understand golfers desire to keep the greens watered. However, I agree 100% with the action of the activists.

1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water – according to a new report by UNICEF and WHO. The report on inequalities in access to water, sanitation and hygiene also reveals more than half of the world does not have access to safe sanitation services.

This means billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic hand washing facilities.

(Photographs by Kibae Park – i tell a story.com, * I have cited phrases from an article and statistics to support this story.)

**Dhaka, Bangladesh – Slum dwellers claim water supplied by military personnel once a week for slum residents in Old Dhaka. The wells inside slum are dry or contaminated and provide no drinking water.**
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**Dhaka, Bangladesh – Slum dwellers collect water supplied by military personnel once a week in Old Dhaka.**
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**Dhaka, Bangladesh – A child washes himself in Kallyanpur, a slum in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka**
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**Dhaka, Bangladesh – Slum dwellers wash themselves at a public water pump in Kallayanpur slum, one of the urban slums in Dhaka**
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**Cairo, Egypt – A child washes his hands with rainwater.**
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1.8 billion people have access to a water source within 1 kilometer, but not in their house or yard. They consume around 20 liters per day. The average person consumes 383 litres of water per day in the developed countries.

**Dhaka, Bangladesh – Slum dwellers draw water from a public water pump in Nobouday slum in Old Dhaka.**
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**Dhaka, Bangladesh – A senior takes a shower at a construction site**.
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**Kolkata, India – A teenager pumping water in a public well**
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**Dzaleka refugee camp of UNHCR, Malawi – One of the largest refugee camps in Africa : Camp dwellers wash their clothes at a public well inside the camp.**
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Every year, contaminated water is the cause of 5 million deaths. This is more than the 3 million deaths caused by AIDS each year. (WHO)

**Phnom Penh, Cambodia- Drinking water pot collecting from rain**
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**Dhaka, Bangladesh – Waste drifitng on the Buriganga river**
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**Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A polluted stream in Phnom Penh city**
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**Nairobi, Kenya, Africa – A contaminated well in Kibera slum**
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Farmers need water to cultivate rice fields and raise their cattle as well. Producing enough food for a global population to grow is possible, but doing so with finite resources, especially water, will be challenging. (World Bank).

**Bac Ha, Vietnam – Farmers cultivate rice field before planting**.
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**Bangkok, Thailand – Aerial view of farming area and villages near Bangkok**
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**Sapa, Vietnam – View of rice fields of hill tribes in Sapa**
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**Bac Ha, Vietnam – Rice planting of Flower H’mong hill tribe**
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Global fresh water consumption multiplied by six during the 20th century, while the population tripled during the same period. (World Water Council)

**Sapa, Vietnam – Rice fields in a hill tribe village**
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Everyone need clean water to drink, swim and take a shower. However, clean water is not enough at all in the world!!!

**Varanasi, India – Hindus bathe their body and purify themselves in Ganges river.**
Credit: Kibae Park – i tell a story.com

**Varanasi, India – A Hindu child swims on Ganges river.**
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A Drop of Clean Water

1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water – according to a new report by UNICEF and WHO. The report on inequalities in access to water, sanitation and hygiene also reveals more than half of the world does not have access to safe sanitation services.

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