2. Which is the most valuable:
A. a bar of gold
B. a house
C. a bucket of clean water
D. a casket full of diamonds

3. Let’s think!
Which is the only one we couldn’t
live without?

4. Of course …..

5. Did you know that 2/3 of
the human body is water?

6. You can live without food for
several weeks, but you would
survive less than a week without
water.

7. It is necessary for everything the body does
It carries our food and waste in and out of our cells
It keeps our temperature at the right level.

8. To stay in good
health we need to
drink 8 glasses of
water a day (2
litres)

9. Most people do not drink enough water. If we
don’t drink enough we can suffer from:
o Headaches
o Poor concentration
o Tiredness
o Kidney infections
o Constipation

10. and yet ……. One out of
every five people in our
world does not have
access to clean water!

11. And every fifteen seconds
another child somewhere
dies from a disease
carried in dirty water

12. Every time we flush the toilet we use ten litres of
water. That is the daily supply for most people in
the developing world …. If they are lucky!

13. And yet …. The charity WaterAid has worked out
that clean water and toilet facilities could be
provided for only £15 per person!

14. The charity knows that many women and children in
developing countries spend hours each day walking
miles to collect dirty water.
Carrying heavy water containers takes up valuable
time and energy. It stops children from going to
school, and reduces the time in which they could be
making a living.

15. Water Aid works with local
people to bring clean water
to their communities using
cheap methods which are
cheap and easy to maintain.

16. But there is much to do …. and at the rate
things are going more than
will be lost before everyone in the developing
countries has access to clean water.

17. More and more people will be forced to leave
their homes in search of clean water