Kenya-YMWHG

= Water Shortage = = Primary Sources:  = [|A city dying from thirst] In this video, a woman gets interviewed on her daily life in Kenya. She talks about how fragile water is to her and how there is not much of it. In this video, it also shows how water there is always being reused, even though its unsanitary already. I chose this video because it shows how people live there and it talks about what they go through each day just to get a little bit of water. [|Visions of Water, Visions of Life: ECAG in Kenya] An interview was taken with director of the ECAG (Environmental Community Assistance Group). This organization originally started in order to plant tree seedlings and working on restoring the land in Kenya. ECAG then realized that in order for their organization to grow and improve they needed water for the tree seeding. Thats when they started focusing on getting more water into Kenya. The organization then started created projects such as making more wells in the villages. I chose this article/interview because it points out that in order for other things to get better, having water is the number one thing Kenya needs. = Artifacts:  = [|Water in Crisis - Spotlight on Kenya] This article talks about how water shortage affects lives in Kenya. The government is very poor and does not have enough money to build water pumps or filter stations. One-third of women and children's day is spent searching and getting water from the nearest fresh water sources. There are not many of those in Kenya, so people are left getting water where ever they find it. Due to not having fresh water, water-borne diseases become highly common. The UN sees Kenya as one of the top countries that struggles the most int the world. Organizations and other countries have been helping out Kenya with the water shortage by giving money, health care services, and finding solutions to find water and sanitize it. [|Water Shortage Becomes A Challenge] This website basically talks about how citizens live in the capital city of Kenya. Many go out and buy cans of water for $0.15 per 20 litre container. A lot of the youth is found not in schools but, working, delivering water to other residence for money. Others search for water alone the 'almost' dry Athi river. Things are worsening as of right now because of not much rain fall and the destruction of forests. [|Water Shortage Increases Cholera Toll] In this article, it talks about the increase of cholera and acute watery diarrhea (AWD) because of the water shortage. With not a lot of clean water, residence will use any water they find. Even though these two diseases are not the deadliest, many have been dying because of dehydration while having the illness. The Kenya Red Cross Society has been hard at work treating these patients but, the illnesses keep on spreading. The article states that one of the causes of the spread is because sanitation if very low. This article clearly states that many diseases are being diagnosed in Kenya because of the water shortage, this is why i chose this article. = =