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= Lack of Clean Water in South Africa =

Primary Sources:
This plan explains what the government has been trying to do in order to help increase clean water for the people of Africa. It gives information about water associations and what they are doing in order to help with the lack of water. It also explains the strategic objectives and the targets so if the strategy does not work right away, they know what they must change in order to hit the target. It is important to have a strategy and a list of all the issues so that all of them get fixed. This article explains why clean water is so important to have and what kinds of bacteria and fungi couold be in the water. It tells the reader what causes water pollution so that they can try to stop if they are doing something incorrectly. It also explains that water conservation is very important, especially in South Africa where water is scarce, and how to be "water wise." People need to know what they are doing wrong in order to fix it, so this article is very important in educating other people about the water pollution and conservation problems.
 * ===[|Department of Water Strategic Plan](Sections 2 and 3)===
 * ===[|Water pollution and health]===

Artifacts:
These statistics and facts explain what many people in the world have to go through because of a lack of clean water. The facts describe how many people die daily from not having enough clean water to drink and how many of those people are under the age of five years old. The facts also allow readers to learn why they should help in order to provide people all over the world with clean water. If you read deeper into the site, you will also find out what you can do to help those people all over the world who are thriving for clean water.
 * ===[|Water Scarcity and Its Effects]===

media type="youtube" key="wXR4Z_NBD-E" height="273" width="448" This video discusses and shows how the people in South Africa are living because of the lack of water. It also shows that many children are not able to attend school because they much fetch water for their families. It also claims that if more people get involved and donate to UNICEF; approximately 1.6 million more children will survive each year. The video describes how much clean water means to the people in South Africa.
 * ===[|Source for Why Water Matters Video]===

This website is full of artifacts concerning water and sanitation, not only in South Africa, but how the whole world is affected by the lack of clean water. The facts describe approximately how much weight each one of the jugs to store clean water weighs and how much strain it puts on someone's body when they are carrying three or four jugs. It is suprising how much the lack of water affects people's everyday lives.
 * ===[|Wash, Water and Sanitation Facts]===