This topic is meaningful to me because I have seen people including my own family members not having access to healthy water. In America, we are very fortunate to have clean water even our tap waters are drinkable. However, in other countries I cannot say the same. In my home country of Nigeria, many people do not have access to healthy water. Whenever I travel back, my family purchases bottles of water. That is the only water that I can drink when I go back. My family is also fortunate enough to have access to clean water in our house back home. I have witnessed women and children travel far just to get water let alone if it is clean or not. Since I know that healthy water is a big issue in Nigeria, I wanted to find more information on how unhealthy the water in Nigeria is.
I came across an article on businessdayonline.com about the water in Nigeria and it saddened my heart. The article stated that Nigeria actually ranks third globally in poor water and sanitation coverage. Nigeria ranked behind China and India based on population size. This disturbed me tremendously. I know that water access is poor, but I did not know it was this bad.
Reading online, I did find that there are projects to enhance water access to more of the underdeveloped communities in Nigeria. Nonetheless, I am still worried because many things have been promised in Nigeria for many years and the promises have yet to be fulfilled.
Reading about the water issue in Nigeria, will definitely have an impact on my future work. Part of my goals is to build quality child development centers in Nigeria. Knowing how poor water is, I will make it my goal to make sure every child has access to healthy water. I want them to have access to healthy water in the schools and also in their homes. I will also want to educate parents on the importance of having healthy water. I used to wonder how I can tie in my public health degree with early childhood studies, now I know one way in which I can do this while making a difference in the lives of children and families in my country.
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| "Pure Water" as they call it in Nigeria. These are waters sold in plastic packages. I am not sure how pure these waters are, but, my mother always warned me and my sisters not to drink them! |
Please click following link Poor Water in Nigeria to read full article.
Wow Dorcas!
ReplyDeleteThis hit me right to the core! I have never understood why there is not a supply of clean water in parts of the world when water is suppose to be the Universal Solvent.
I am an Adventist Christians and some of our Maranatha Mission groups go all around Africa building schools and digging wells. When you see the videos of the children relishing the water it is heartbreaking!
Some of us in the Western World waste water, or dont drink enough of it, and other parts of the world dont even have enough of it.
That old adage is so true, "one man's trash is another man's treasure."
Yes, Nadia I can never understand why as well. That is amazing what you mission groups do. I would love to do that one day as well.
Deletethanks
Dorcas,
ReplyDeletethank you for your heartfelt explanation of clean water. What a wonderful way to incorporate your education, passion and impact on the world's children. Not many of us have first hand experience of the plight of clean drinking water, so thank you for sharing your story and the best of luck in building quality childcare in Nigeria!
My hat's off to you, is there any way I can help?
Thanks Tina!
DeleteOh yes I will definitely be knowing how you can help once I get all my plans together.
thanks so much!!