BY MAVERICK PEARCE

CLEANLINESS
MOST AFGHANS STILL DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING
WATER DESPITE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPLY THE NATION WITH A STEADY
SUPPLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK KILOMETRES TO REACH WATER AND
EVEN THEN THE WATER IS UNFIT TO DRINK.

RAINFALL
AFGHANISTAN HAS VERY LITTLE RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. THEIR ANNUAL RAINFALL IS THIS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE
AFGHANISTAN IS A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY, WHICH MEANS THAT THEIR
BORDER IS NOT TOUCHING THE OCEAN. AFGHANISTAN'S ANNUAL
RAINFALL IS 327 MM.

SICKNESS
TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN, WATERBORNE DISEASES ARE COMMON. THE
LEVELS OF DIARRHOEA AND DYSENTERY, ESPECIALLY AMONG SMALL
CHILDREN, ARE AT EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. AS WELL, A LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM CHOLERA BECAUSE OF UNCLEAN DRINKING
WATER.
THE LACK OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS KILLING AFGHANISTANS
CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED
NATIONS CHILDRENS FUND, WHICH FOUND THAT 102 OF EVERY 1,000
CHILDREN BORN IN AFGHANISTAN WILL DIE BEFORE REACHING THE AGE
OF FIVE.

EFFECT
HAVING LESS WATER HAS A DIRECT NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ALL LIVING
THINGS IN THE AREA. PLANTS HAVE DIFFICULTY GROWING AND
LIVESTOCK GET SICK AND DIE BEFORE THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO USE
AS FOOD AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT EAT THEM GET SICK FROM THE
ANIMALS DUE TO THE ANIMALS SICKNESS REMAINING ON THE BODY OF
IT. TO ACTUALLY GET THESE ANIMALS WATER IN THE FIRST PLACE
PEOPLE HAVE TO DRAW IT FROM WELL. THEY COULD BE DRINKING THIS
WATER BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ANIMALS STAY ALIVE THEY HAVE
TO DISTRIBUTE SOME OF THIS HARD EARNED WATER SO THAT THEY CAN
HAVE A BALANCED DIET .

WAR
AFGHANISTAN IS MOSTLY KNOW BECAUSE
OF THE WAR REVOLVING AROUND IT.
THOUSANDS OF TROOPS FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES INCLUDING AUSTRALIA HAVE
BEEN SENT IN TO HELP STOP THE TALIBAN
FROM RULING. THIS PREVENTS ACCESS TO
WATER AS WELL BECAUSE THE TALIBAN
BAN WOMEN FROM LEAVING THE HOUSE
AND AS AN EFFECT OF THIS HOUSEHOLDS
HAVE LESS WATER TO GO AROUND.

HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

ONE WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE
TALIBAN AND INSTALL PIPES THAT RUN FROM THE NEAREST LAKE/WELL
SO THAT ACCESS TO WATER IS EASIER. ALSO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
PIPES THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING TO PURIFY THE WATER
AND REMOVE DIRT SO THAT THE WATER THAT CAME OUT THE OTHER END
OF THE PIPE IS DRINKABLE.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
HTTP://WWW.MINTPRESSNEWS.COM/MYMPN/AFGHANS-LACK-ACCESS-CLEAN-WATER/
HTTP://WWW.NATIONSENCYCLOPEDIA.COM/GEOGRAPHY/AFGHANISTAN-TO-COMOROS/AFGHANISTAN.

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