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"Help provide Water for Life in Nzerem, Nigeria"

Location: Ehime Mbano, Imo State, Nigeria
Category: Infrastructure & Economic Development
Published: 17 May 2008
Progress:
1% funded
   
Rating:
9 Ratings
For many years now, the community of Nzerem has been suffering because of water. Located in steppe and desert terrain, Nzerem is one of the poorest community in Ehime Mbano in Imo State, Nigeria. The inhabitants have to obtain water from overflow collectors of small,unsanitary river. Hepatitis, Diarrhea, intestinal infections, and parasites kill many of the residents each year, 85 per cent of them "children". This causes a desperate search for water, especially for the women, girls, and boys, who are responsible for obtaining water for the household and livestock. Boys and girls have to drop out of school and walk eight to nine miles in deep down valleys a day to get water that the family needs.

Lack of Water

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by C. Ezeigwe, created on 19 July 2008 at 12:48 PM

Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, usually women and children, walk more than three hours every day to fetch water that is likely to make them sick. Those hours are crucial, preventing many from working or attending school. Additionally, collecting water puts them at greater risk of sexual harassment and assault. Children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of unsafe water. Of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation, 90% are children under 5 years old. We need your help now! Don't turn your back on those that require water to stay alive. Just do something right away. Thank you! Clinton.

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