singular_me
18th October 2016, 05:00 PM
Damon double talking??? I didnt watch the video yet.
there is plenty of water, depends on how deep one is willing to dig, just ask Gadhafi
NATO bombs the Great Man-Made River
https://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/07/27/great-man-made-river-nato-bombs/
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There's a Global Crisis Looming: By 2030, Four Out of 10 People Won’t Have Access to Water
Experts predict that in just 14 years, the world will face a catastrophic water deficit.
By Reynard Loki / AlterNet
October 18, 2016
For millions of people across the world, access to clean water so they can drink, cook and wash, is a daily struggle. In many rural, impoverished communities, fetching water is an arduous task that falls upon women and children.
In Africa and Asia, women and children must walk 3.7 miles on average to get their water. Collectively, women spend over 200 million hours every day just collecting water. That's more than just a major inconvenience, it’s an incredible amount of lost economic potential.
This time-consuming, physically exhausting endeavor prevents women from working at jobs and keeps children away from school, impacts that continue a cycle of poverty and socioeconomic exclusion. For the women and children who live in one small village in Kenya, their walk to water is more than five miles. And the water they gather isn’t even clean; it comes from a dirty river containing harmful bacteria.
Watch their five-mile journey to gather dirty water:
These villagers are not alone. Around 783 million people—11 percent of the world's population—don't have access to clean water, which can be deadly. Lack of clean water and sanitation is the ultimate cause of approximately 3.5 million deaths every year.
It’s a major crisis that could become even worse if nations don’t fully address it—soon. Water is a finite natural resource, and it's getting scarcer as the global population steadily increases. By 2030, only 60 percent of humanity’s demand for water will be met by existing resources at the current rate of use, according to the U.N. That means four out of 10 people will be without access to water.
"I've met people in a number of different countries who are impacted by the water crisis," said Matt Damon, who is the co-founder of Water.org, a charity that helps communities design and construct sustainable water supply systems.
In a video interview, the actor and activist described a trip to Ethiopia where he watched children retrieve water from a hand-dug well he described as a “filthy hole.” “The water looked like chocolate milk,” he said. "They were aware of the dangers of drinking that water, but they just didn't have a choice."
more
http://www.alternet.org/environment/theres-global-crisis-looming-2030-four-out-10-people-wont-have-access-water
Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011
This candid interview with Water.org cofounder Matt Damon from 2010 is about the water crisis and what Water.org is doing to bring about change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezkRO3_r0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezkRO3_r0c
there is plenty of water, depends on how deep one is willing to dig, just ask Gadhafi
NATO bombs the Great Man-Made River
https://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/07/27/great-man-made-river-nato-bombs/
=======
There's a Global Crisis Looming: By 2030, Four Out of 10 People Won’t Have Access to Water
Experts predict that in just 14 years, the world will face a catastrophic water deficit.
By Reynard Loki / AlterNet
October 18, 2016
For millions of people across the world, access to clean water so they can drink, cook and wash, is a daily struggle. In many rural, impoverished communities, fetching water is an arduous task that falls upon women and children.
In Africa and Asia, women and children must walk 3.7 miles on average to get their water. Collectively, women spend over 200 million hours every day just collecting water. That's more than just a major inconvenience, it’s an incredible amount of lost economic potential.
This time-consuming, physically exhausting endeavor prevents women from working at jobs and keeps children away from school, impacts that continue a cycle of poverty and socioeconomic exclusion. For the women and children who live in one small village in Kenya, their walk to water is more than five miles. And the water they gather isn’t even clean; it comes from a dirty river containing harmful bacteria.
Watch their five-mile journey to gather dirty water:
These villagers are not alone. Around 783 million people—11 percent of the world's population—don't have access to clean water, which can be deadly. Lack of clean water and sanitation is the ultimate cause of approximately 3.5 million deaths every year.
It’s a major crisis that could become even worse if nations don’t fully address it—soon. Water is a finite natural resource, and it's getting scarcer as the global population steadily increases. By 2030, only 60 percent of humanity’s demand for water will be met by existing resources at the current rate of use, according to the U.N. That means four out of 10 people will be without access to water.
"I've met people in a number of different countries who are impacted by the water crisis," said Matt Damon, who is the co-founder of Water.org, a charity that helps communities design and construct sustainable water supply systems.
In a video interview, the actor and activist described a trip to Ethiopia where he watched children retrieve water from a hand-dug well he described as a “filthy hole.” “The water looked like chocolate milk,” he said. "They were aware of the dangers of drinking that water, but they just didn't have a choice."
more
http://www.alternet.org/environment/theres-global-crisis-looming-2030-four-out-10-people-wont-have-access-water
Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011
This candid interview with Water.org cofounder Matt Damon from 2010 is about the water crisis and what Water.org is doing to bring about change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezkRO3_r0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezkRO3_r0c