Morethan 2.6 billion people, including 980 million children, live
without proper sanitation; every 20 seconds on average a
child dies as a direct result. That’s 1.5 million preventable
child deaths a year.
apparently, this year is the international year of sanitation. at first i thought that was a weird thing to devote this year to. but the more i looked in to it the more it outraged me.
Proper sanitation and hygiene is a necessary and worthwhile
investment for governments at every level in every country. For every dollar spent improving sanitation and hygiene, between $3 and $34 is saved in health, education and social and economic development. In addition to countless school days lost to sanitation-related illness, the lack of adequate, separate sanitation facilities denies many girls an education and future economic potential;
providing sanitation is providing dignity. christ was the best example for providing dignity to those that are normally made fun of or, worse, forgotten about. consider buying a toilet for somebody this year. $70 will provide a toilet for a small community and prevent a whole bunch of deaths.
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Those are big scary numbers. One of the problems is that engineering sanitation is about the least glamorous line of work available to an engineer. I mean, if you can endure potentially crap conditions, you go to the mines and you make money out of it, or you get a cushy little job for the local council sorting out their water treatment.
But, keep an eye out on Engineers Without Borders. It's a shameless ripoff of Medecins Sans Frontieres, but seeings as MSF is doing good stuff, I don't see any problems with ripping it off! Anyway, EWB are trying to get involved with some pretty important projects in developing countries. Keep an eye out for it.
thanks for that. i will keep an eye out for their stuff!
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