Everyday at Buy Like Buffett, we discuss investment ideas and financial topics that will help you create income. The purpose of building wealth is to improve the quality of your lives and those around you. Today is Blog Action Day. Blog Action Day is a day to bring awareness to a major problem facing many developing nations. The problem facing many nations is scarce clean water.
Here are a few alarming statistics that I discovered on the Blog Action Day website.
Nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean water, which causes a litany of struggles, diseases and even death.
- 40 Billion Hours: African women walk over 40 billion hours each year carrying cisterns weighing up to 18 kilograms to gather water, which is usually still not safe to drink.
- 38,000 Children a Week: Every week, nearly 38,000 children under the age of 5 die from unsafe drinking water and unhygienic living conditions.
- Wars Over Water: Many scholars attribute the conflict in Darfur at least in part to lack of access to water. A report commissioned by the UN found that in the 21st century, water scarcity will become one of the leading causes of conflict in Africa.
- A Human Right: In July, to address the water crisis, the United Nations declared access to clean water and sanitation a human right over. But we are far from implementing solutions to secure basic access to safe drinking water.
How you can help?
– You can contribute to websites like Water.org which is dedicated to helping bring fresh water to countries around the world.
– You can spread the message by bringing awareness about the problem to your own website or blog.
– You can help preserve water buy adopting water conservation practices. You can use apps to measure your water usage and work to help keep rivers and streams free from pollution.
– You can use less bottled water and apply a few water saving tips can help. You can find these tips at H2OConserve.
To learn more about Blog Action Day, visit the official site at Blog Action Day.
