Water Crisis Solution Plan

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Water Crisis Solution Plan Maddie Spinelli, Shehryar Mudassir, Kunitaka Tai, and Atharv Pathak

Country Background Eastern African country Many past power struggles/ governmental issues 99% of population Sunni Muslim Chronic drought Lack of clean water Map of Africa, Somalia is highlighted in red. (http://www.vidiani.com/?p=9884)

Statistics Population: about 10 million people. Average lifespan of 50 years Only 29% percent of country can access clean water (wealthy) Currency: Somali Shillings. (1000 Somali Shillings = $0.70 USD.) (www.scottharrisonplumbing.com)

The Problem Unsanitary water People in Somalia either have no water, or unclean water This picture shows the amount of polluted water a country has. The wider the country is shown, the higher percentage of unclean water

How Water Pollution Hurts Somalia People and animals are dying Diseases are spread Somali women spend hours finding water blogs.cfr.org

Disease Cholera - intestine-related virus Malaria- mosquitos around dirty water Animals drinking contaminated water Cholera Deaths (WorldMapper.com) Malaria Deaths (WorldMapper.com)

What Needs To Be Done Create Desalination Plant on coastline Create extra wells

If the problem is dealt with Empowerment of women Higher education rates Less disease/disease spread

Contribution to the "MDGs" (Millennium Development Goals) MDG 1- eradication of extreme hunger MDG 2 and 3 women - education and empowerment of women MDG 4 less disease open to young kids MDG 6 clean drinking water means less diseases

Conclusions Clean water for Somalia Desalination, water wells as backup Improve conditions by having clean facilities Fix overall health of people Millennium Development Goal 7B is met (www.arb.ca.gov)