Water is one of the daily essentials you need in life. It’s a basic necessity. But on the other hand, if you do not have access to clean water it can be one of the leading causes of various kinds of illnesses. But with clean water, it would mean you have improved and better statistics of living a healthy life. Question is: Does everybody have their water resources? Are we fortunate enough in having daily clean water that is potable for drinking?
Back in the 1980s, there was a water shortage in the Philippines. We were still in elementary, when my brothers and I would go to the nearest poso (water pump) to save buckets, gallons, and drums of water that we could use for bathing, gardening, daily drinking water, and cooking for the family. Currently, there are still barangays (small communities) that don’t even have any water supply or source of water pump to sustain their daily needs
Roughly, it now costs around ₱500 to a little more than ₱3000 to put up a water pump in rural areas depending on the type or quality brand. If there are individuals that are more philanthropic or companies that can contribute as their charitable acts working alongside the different entities at each sector of the society, then that would be what we can envision in providing good, clean water for those lacking in their water supply. For example: If you and a group of friends can pitch in together to sponsor a water pump in one of the barangays that have no water source, that would provide for the community’s daily water needs for years to come. It would have good effects to the families of that barangay.
INFESTED NEEDS
There is hardship in obtaining clean water for other continents like Africa and Asia. Another cause of malnutrition in places like this is not only the lack of food but also having water problems. You see children infested with a throng of flies that hover around them. This gives a higher percentage to morbidity and mortality rate. It would also be better to share the good and basic needs from progressive countries with poor nations.
War zone areas like Gaza and the Middle Eastern crisis have not yet been resolved nor has the fighting ceased. They are also in dire need of water. Aside from medical supplies, there is also food and water shortages. They barely have water to drink. Not only are they fighting for their lives, but because of the conflicts, people are starting to lose hope. So what can those who have more be able to do to help others in need? How can one give glimmers of hope to the less privileged in war-stricken zones who have been in the dark for so long?
If water is contaminated or unsanitary, it could lead to common illnesses like typhoid fever, diarrhea, cholera, hepatitis A and other waterborne diseases. By contamination, it means a person has either eaten food or drank water with bacteria and other forms of viruses and parasites that are causing infectious diseases from feces of human or animals that might lead to other major health issues.
SAVE MOTHER EARTH
The natural resources Mother Earth can provide would one day run out. What we can save now is to save for what has to come. Each drop means saving for those who are also in need. If back in the day, water was more easily available to anyone, the trend we now have is that we even have to buy bottles of it. Isn’t that quite the irony of it all? In modern times where technology was expected to improve lives, there is now bigger scarcity of what we need. Just because you can afford consuming amounts of volumes of water does not mean you should waste it. Rather, think of others who don’t even have their daily water requirements met. Each drop, we get to save lives.
Social responsibility has now taken a more solid action with business sectors of the society. Not all of the restaurants now simply give glasses of water. The waiters provide the water only when asked for a glass of it. Unlike before, they serve it right away but nowadays, the style is to give a glass of water only when asked for it. This does help save water and when a lot of establishments do this action, it can conserve a huge amount of water.
Imagine the world having daily need quenched from thirst. How good would that be if communities on all parts of the world can provide clean water? There’ll be quantitative populations saved worldwide! Let us dream together, not only for those who already have, not only for us, but for the generations of tomorrow.
