Water for the world

Currently there are a lot of people in this World with no access to sufficient water or safe water.This blog post is to investigate how safe and sufficient water can be distributed to all in an Equal money system.

 

No need to re-invent the wheel. There are already solutions to this problem – the system is just not support it because of money and lack of real care.
In an equal money system this will not be the case, because an equal money system means = to do what is the best for all, the best of what is possible at this moment. No profit, no money will decide what is done. What is able to be done will be decided by what is REALLY the limit of what we can do, the BEST we can do at that time.

There are enough people willing to help the world, there are enough people willing to lend their hands, contribute. A lot of people these days simply don’t know how to and end up not doing anything. All of this can change, by creating a network within the equal money system that will be transparent for all, with all the directions how one can help. When profit is no longer the driving force, it opens up to who we really are.

Because we have just been made to accept the way the current system works. To think that we are greedy and will always be, that people only do things for profit. No, this is a creation! Many people want to help out, stop abuse when they see it. This system just does not support the necessary tools for people to realize this, it brainwashes people to obey to the profit machine and accept it as the only truth, as inevitable, as something that just cannot go away.
Take a moment to watch some documentaries about tribes, or go visit them, see how they work together, without money, for the best intrest of the group.

In an equal money system, all the worlds people are responsible of each other. We will have to make agreements to take care of each other, profit wont be the motor anymore. So people will then learn that it is a much better way of living, then within a capitalist system. Because we will have more freedom, to express ourselves, do what we enjoy, develop new skills without having to think about survival all the time. We need less production, because capitalism requires massive production of unescessary items to keep profit coming in.

For further perspective on how we accept this current system as “valid”, read this blog:

http://networkedblogs.com/fj0DN
The Stockholm syndrome and Capitalism

Really… read it! Lol it is worth it to give you another perspective.

Alright so in the sake of not re-inventing the wheel, here is a page from an organization that has solutions for the water problem in the world – which could be fully be implemented within the equal money system.

http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/the_need/5899.asp?gclid=CMTf2ZOOy6cCFQGDDgodoztwBw

Water

A child collects water from a contaminated source in Nsooba, Uganda.

Credit: WaterAid / Caroline Irby

One in eight people in the world do not have access to safe water.

Many women and children in rural areas in developing countries spend hours each day walking kilometres to collect water from unprotected sources such as open wells, muddy dugouts or streams. 

In urban areas they collect it from polluted waterways or pay high prices to buy it from vendors who obtain it from dubious sources. The water is often dirty and unsafe, but they have no alternative.

Carrying the heavy water containers back home is an exhausting task, which takes up valuable time and energy. It often prevents women from doing vital domestic or income generating work and stops children from going to school.

Diarrhoeal diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation, such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery, are common across the developing world - killing 4,000 children every single day.

People suffering from these diseases or caring for children who are ill from them are often unable to work to earn money, yet face large medical bills.

There is an urgent need for action, but all too often water and sanitation are overlooked in global development agenda, despite being consistently cited as top priorities by communities themselves.

Total global investments in water and sanitation would need to double for the Millennium Development Goal targets of halving the proportions of people living without water and sanitation by 2015 to be met.

WaterAid addresses global water and sanitation problems by:

o    Undertaking projects to enable communities to set up and manage water and sanitation systems in 26 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region

o    Campaigning for others, such as governments, to adopt a more integrated approach to development that recognises how water and sanitation are vital in poverty reduction

Our projects

Our water projects help communities to gain access to uncontaminated water sources.

In rural areas the most common technologies we use are hand-dug wells, tubewells or boreholes that reach groundwater resources. Where possible we rehabilitate existing wells that have fallen into disrepair, as it is more cost effective than the construction of new wells.

The wells are hygienically sealed and fitted with appropriate pumps that the communities are trained to maintain and service themselves, with help from engineers available for serious problems.

Where groundwater is inaccessible or in short supply, rainwater harvesting can be a viable alternative or supplementary source. Rainwater is generally collected from roofs, from where it is filtered and stored in tanks. In mountainous areas, springs can be protected and gravity flow systems are used to pipe water downhill to a network of storage tanks and tapstands.

In urban areas where there are existing piped water supplies, WaterAid and our partner organisations often help communities to negotiate with the local government or water suppliers to extend the network into their areas and construct communal tapstands that can be managed by the communities themselves.

Our projects' impact

Once communities have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education, they can escape the water and sanitation poverty trap. Freed up from hours of water collection and the misery of water-related disease, communities are better able to channel their time and energy into more productive activities and simple enjoyment of life.

o    Women have more time to work to earn money, grow food and cook and care for their children, which boosts households' income, nutrition and health.

o    Children have more time to help with domestic tasks or dedicate to their schooling, which improves their long-term prospects

o    The stress on household finances is reduced by the reduced need for medical care for water-related diseases.

o    Families also report lower stress levels, increased status and self-esteem and increased ability to observe religious rites and customs.

Influencing others

Due to the scale of the problem WaterAid recognises that it cannot meet the global water and sanitation needs simply through implementing water and sanitation projects itself.

WaterAid also uses its experience, research and good practice to influence other organisations on adopting policies and practices that will enable the poor to gain sustainable access to safe water and sanitation.

A highly professional and integrated approach has given WaterAid an authoritative voice in the water sector. We use this voice to support campaigns, build networks and develop alliances with other international bodies dedicated to the interests of poor people.

Through this work WaterAid is enabling citizens to hold their governments to account and make their demands for affordable and equitable water and sanitation services better heard and prioritised.

Water games of shame

Water taken for granted

Most of the people like us - the ones able to read and write blogs on computers - do not really have to think about water. We turn on the tab and there it is. Want to wash your hair 4 times a day? You can. Want to do the dishes ? No problem. Want to play some water games during a hot summer afternoon? Go for it. Want to drink straight from the tab? You wont get sick.

Because we are in this position of comfort, we should not use our position to delve in self-intrest and for example; blog because we are bored or because of our ego. We should speak up about what is really going on in this world, and what we allow by accepting the system that gives us access to all the water we want - but deprives many of it.


In a world where people care about each other, the money would not  be spend on more commercials to brainwash and make people desire to consume. The money would not be spend on more junk food for the elite, more make up, more gadgets that break down before you can say "look what I got". The priority should be to create facilities for the population of this world that have no access to any safe drinking water. That even die because of it. They are people just like you and me , part of this world, with the same internal mechanisms. Yet we act like we are all seperate from each other, and that "our" business is our business, and that their own leaders should take care of them.
We should all take care of each other! Beginning to learn to take care of ourselves and not blindly accept ourselves as how we are programmed. Because we are raised in comfort, and many develop a certain "I only care about myself and those I have feelings for " attitude. Comfort becomes the chair of the devil, which makes people blind and not give a shit. Unless it would be themselves or their "loved ones". But that is still selfish, because then you care because YOU feel something. And when you dont, then suddenly it is not important enough. Suddenly shopping is so much more important then people who die from water contamination or water shortage.
I am not saying that we individually should go donate - that has never worked well because the core of this system was not changed - thus the same problems kept popping up. Look around you in this world, thousands of charities, and problems keep rising. If we want change, we need to work on fundamental change! Changing this entire system that creates seperation and abuse.


The lack of access to safe drinking water is the primary cause of hunger, disease and poverty throughout the developing world.

The water shortage problem in Kenya is increasing - and as weather conditions worsen around the globe - the future is not so bright in some areas of Kenya that are already facing terrible conditions.

Residents in Turkana district in the Northwestern part of Kenya, have to resort to drinking water meant for their livestock. In normal conditions residents trek for miles to get clean drinking water from boreholes and wells but due to lack of rainfall this supply of clean water has dried up. The alternative is to drink water from pans meant for livestock and as this water is stagnant and contaminated it exposes residents to the risk of water borne diseases.

The situation is worse in other rivers especially the Mara according to a report in the Guardian newspaper by George Roumeguere, the founder of Dawntodusk Foundation. Due to deforestation and pesticide poisoning caused by agricultural policies the Mara River and other rivers around it have been badly affected. As he puts it, "we have witnessed cases of animals refusing to drink from the river and also animals dying from pesticide poisoning". Residents who drink from rivers like the Nyangores, Amalo and Chepchirik have been advised to take chlorine tablets or boil their drinking water because the water has been "highly contaminated". This was proved when four people died of typhoid and others were hospitalised due to water borne infections.

Lake Nakuru in Kenya, famous for its flamingo population is also worrying conservationists who have noticed a fall in the number of flamingos migrating to its shores. The reason according to Joseph Edebe, a Senior Scientist working for Kenya Wildlife Service is drought conditions that have resulted in low water levels in the lake and the increased concentration of salt in the water. Conditions for the growth of algae, which is food for the flamingos, have to be right or the birds will find alternative lakes to migrate for their food. The pollution levels of the lake increase in the rainy seasons when storm drains get blocked thus allowing all kinds of waste materials and agricultural toxic wastes to accumulate in the waters. All these factors have contributed to a decrease in the population of the flamingos that visit the shores of the lake every year.

Another problem Nairobi faces is the burst water pipes and sewers in some estates of Nairobi, which leaves residents exposed to raw sewage. This

is an especially dangerous situation for the young children who play around the areas. The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company is slow to offer solutions and any repairs to burst pipes is charged to local residents who cannot afford these high costs. (http://www.helium.com/items/1456616-kenya---water-shortages)

People in poor areas sometimes have to walk hours to get some drinking water - which is not necessarily safe to drink.
There is even a link being made about the wealthy getting sick because of poverty. Which would literally mean we reap what we sow.
Despite clean water and improved public services, water-related diseases continues to spread in cities around the world.
Mulligan is a PhD student at the McMaster University campus of the United Nations University's Institute on Water, Environment and Health and a recipient. Her research examines why dengue fever, a severe flu-like illness spread through the bite of mosquitoes, continues to threaten urban populations in many developing countries. Mulligan's research uses Malaysia's carefully planned city of Putrajaya as her example. Designed to be a showcase of Malaysian innovation, the city has excellent public services and one of the highest standards for water quality in the world. It also has very high rates of dengue fever.
So far, she's discovered that the traditional link made between poverty and water-related diseases like dengue fever may be at the root of the problem.
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-is-the-link-between-poverty-and-water-related-dise-022011.aspx

If this is true, then it would be also in the best intrest of the rich to work on a system that does not allow poverty. Right now in this capitalist system where money is placed above life - the poor are misused for the rich to exploit. That I have written about earlier in some of my blogs, which you can read if your intrested.

So the general message is: do not just accept what your culture or parents have thaught you to do. Think for yourself, look at who you are and why, and what kind of system you live in. Look at the outflows, where it puts the emphasis on, what it allows within its structures and what it endorces. You will soon find out the inequality of it. Would you want to be in the shoes of people around this globe? The sweatshop worker? The abused animal? The child starving to death? The woman having to prostitute for money?
I think not. So let's work on a new world together, and create a fundamental change that lasts!

Next time you hear the tab running, it may have a whole different meaning.