The Water Situation... In New Zealand one simply has to turn on the tap to have access to safe water. However for many people in Tanzania, access to water means hardship, illness and can even mean death. In Tanzania access to safe water is extremely limited. Only 4% of the population have water piped to their homes. This means everyone else must go and collect water to bring to their homes. This job usually falls to women and children, especially girls. Collecting water is very hard work as the water source can be kilometres away from the village. It often stops children from attending school, and women from working, as they are spending much of their day fetching and carrying water. Boke,12 years old, walks 1km each way to collect water, at least twice a day.

Water Sources The physical hardship of collecting water is not the only difficulty. Where the water is collected from can be a real problem. Sadly many people are forced to collect water from unsafe water sources such as rivers, streams, lakes, open wells and even puddles – called open water sources. The water that is being collected is often unsafe and contaminated by diseases, bacteria and parasites. This is because it’s open, and animals can also drink out of it. When the animals drink they usually stand in the water, they can go to the toilet in it and it becomes dirtied with animal waste. Sometimes animals can even die in the water which is extremely dangerous for people drinking water from that source. Mosquitoes use open stagnant water as a breeding ground. Mosquitoes spread a disease called Malaria. Many children and pregnant women get very sick, and in some cases die from Malaria in Tanzania.

So what’s happening? Between 2007 and 2011 UNICEF undertook a water project to improve water access for people in Tanzania. In the beginning we hoped to improve the lives of 16,000 people, however by the time the project was complete the lives of 65,000 people had been improved by the water project. In a campaign that raised $500,000 and was matched dollar for dollar by Gareth and Jo Morgan, we were able to achieve: 32 Sources of safe water – mostly wells. Rainwater harvesting systems for 20 schools. New toilet blocks and hand washing facilities for 12 schools. Water tanks for 3 health centres. Personal hygiene training for 13,000 school children. 500 Community members taught how to maintain wells and rainwater systems.

● Become part of the UNICEF Tap Project! ● Help donate to individuals in need of supplies by completing the sponsorship challenge What can you (yes you!) do?

Turn Off The Tap Weird Water Does it Smell Here? It’s a Waterful World Famous Water

Make sure you turn off the water when you are doing this in the morning.

Brushing your teeth

When is the best time to water your flowers?

Morning

Using a low flow showerhead, how many litres of water can you save in a 10 minute shower? Daily Double

Approximately 57 litres

An average family uses ____ (think big) amount of litres by just flushing the toilet.

Approximately 3000 litres

The most water is used in the what room?

Bathroom

When it’s hot or when you’re exercising, who do you think dehydrates faster, children or adults?

Children

How many litres must a dairy cow drink to produce 4 litres of milk?

15

If the world’s drinking water was put into a 4L jug and we divided that amount between all the people in the world, then everyone would get ____ tablespoon of water?

1 tablespoon

More people own this object than access to a toilet. What is it?

Cellphone

What percent of the body is made up of water?

70%

What percentage of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1900?

50%

What percentage of our waste is dumped into our water?

70%

What percent of the world population is without any drinking water?

11%

Every ___ seconds a child dies as a result of poor water sanitation.

20 seconds

How many types of water pollution are there?

8 nutrients, surface water, ground water, microbiological, suspended matter, chemical pollution, oxygen depleting, oil spillage

What percentage of the Earth’s surface is made of water?

70%

I am the longest river in the world. I run through ten countries in Africa. What am I?

The Nile River

Name the five Canadian Great Lakes.

Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior

What continent has the country with the least amount of water?

Asia

I am in North America. I am made of water and in the shape of a horseshoe. People come from all around the world to visit me. What am I?

Niagara Falls

I am a UNICEF Tap Project ambassador. I am a singer; one of my songs is entitled “We are never ever getting back together”. Who am I?

Taylor Swift

I have announced that I’m joining UNICEF’s Tap Project. I have also just released an album called “Stars Dance”. Who am I?

Selena Gomez

I use my star influence to emphasize the need for clean water. You may know me from my song “Stay”. Who am I? Daily Double

Rihanna

I joined with MTV to produce a documentary on the world’s water crisis. I’m married to Beyoncé. Who am I?

Jay-Z

I am active in water conservation. For years, I had a funny but educational TV show about science, with experiments, songs, and lots of information. Who am I?

Bill Nye

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