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Water Sanitize Tactics: The Key to Sterilizing Water
Summary
- Investing in clean water solutions is critically important for global health, with nearly 800 million people worldwide unable to access this vital resource.
- Read on to learn about some of the different ways governments and NGOs are working to expand the availability of clean water everywhere.
- Then, find out how you can support Embrace Relief’s Clean Water Initiative, which is providing clean water to nearly one million people in Africa right now.
Sterilizing water is becoming more and more important throughout the world due to lack of access to clean water in certain regions, which has led to many Water Sanitize Tactics. Globally more than 785 million people do not have access to basic water services, and more than 884 million do not have safe water to drink.
Many reasons abound for this — such as extreme poverty, natural disasters contaminating water, lack of physical clean water reserves, etc.— but one thing is certain: It’s important for these areas to invest in clean water and sanitation solutions as soon as possible. By obtaining water from clean water resources and sanitizing water, we can both save and improve the quality of millions of people’s lives. There’s no single, best way to purify water, but below are a number of potential ones.
Water Sanitize Tactics
Protect Natural Springs — Natural springs can be easily contaminated so fashioning a spring box or house around them to keep out animals, leaves, and debris drastically reduces the likelihood of contamination. Spring water can then be piped to a holding tank. However, springs are open to groundwater runoff, which makes them easily contaminated, and they must be monitored and protected on a regular basis. Therefore, they aren’t among the most effective clean water and sanitation solutions.
Self-Sustaining Sterilizing Water Technology — A European-African alliance recently developed a water cleaning system for rural Africa that removes pathogens from the water; thereby, purifying chemical contaminants and acting as a water disinfectant. The technology is self-sufficient and easy to use, but is still fairly new, as only two units are currently in use: one in Mozambique and one in South Africa.
Rehabilitate Old Wells — Wells, well, sanitize well (no pun intended). However, there are many—particularly in Africa—that used to be effective, but are no longer operational due to aging and use. Therefore, rehabilitating them so they’re functional again is a viable Water Sanitize Tactic. Ways to rebuild wells include building a wall around the top with a reinforced concrete drainage apron that prevents surface water from running to the well. However, unfortunately, well water cleaning and constant maintenance is required to ensure they remain effective.
Build New Wells — Rather than rehabilitating old wells, building brand-new ones is also a viable Water Sanitize Tactic. Each well costs about $8,000 USD and can serve about 2,000 people. However, like reconstructing old wells, new ones need to be constantly maintained, as to disinfect well water and ensure it doesn’t become contaminated.
How Embrace Relief Promotes Sanitizing Water in Africa
Because building and rehabilitating water wells is a highly effective water cleaning system and Africa is one of the regions suffering from extreme water scarcity, we’ve been focusing on those two endeavors in that location. Since 2013, we’ve built 409 wells throughout sub-Saharan Africa, supplying clean water to 400,000 people on a daily basis. Plus, we monitor each well up to five years after construction to ensure they’re operating effectively. Our top three Clean Water Project locations so far are:
- Chad Clean Water
- Nigeria Clean Water
- Cameroon Clean Water
We plan on building and refurbishing hundreds more wells throughout the region, too. So, please consider donating today (or starting your own Africa Water Well project) so thousands of vulnerable people in Africa not only survive, but thrive and lift their communities out of poverty. Together, we can drastically reduce water scarcity in Africa!
Hurricane Ida Disaster Relief
Hurricane Ida is plowing through and wreaking havoc on Louisiana after making landfall on August 29. Ida leaves nothing but a trail of destruction and devastation as the strongest recorded Category 4 hurricane to hit Louisiana.
Hurricane Ida has morphed into a tropical storm, but her wrath is still strong. For scale, Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 hurricane and hit Louisiana 16-years ago and claimed the lives of more than 1,800 people and left $100+ billion in damages.
Here’s the latest updates:
- Power outages throughout New Orleans
- Flash flood warnings west of New Orleans. The locations affected by the flood emergency included Hammond, Ponchatoula and Livingston, as well as Interstate 55 between mile markers 23 and 38 and Interstate 12 between mile markers 20 and 52
- Presidential major disaster declaration by President Biden
- Millions of dollars of damage in infrastructure
- A rapidly rising death toll
ACT-US: Combating Digital Illiteracy in Africa so Children Can Succeed
Digital illiteracy in Africa, particularly among children, is an issue that greatly negatively impacts the region, which is why Embrace Relief created the program ACT-US. ACT-US stands for Accessible Computer Technology for Underserved Students, and it’s of utmost importance because in today’s rapidly changing world, technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in all facets of our daily lives. However, many continue to lack access to important resources like a stable internet connection, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Below are some facts concerning the educational and technological difficulties sub-Saharan Africa is currently experiencing.
Sub-Saharan Digital Illiteracy Difficulties
- In 2018, the secondary school enrollment rate across the globe was about 66 percent. However, in sub-Saharan Africa it was 36 percent (World Bank Data, 2018). These statistics point to a significant underinvestment in education in sub-Saharan Africa.
- According to a UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, the cost of failing to provide basic education to 250 million children is equivalent to a loss of 129 billion USD (UNESCO GEM, 2014). This is because the more children are educated, the more job opportunities become available to them, allowing them to create better lives and improve their countries’ economies.
- If this lack of investment in education continues, the economic loss will become greater as the population of school-aged children continues to rise in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Only 40% of students in Uganda are literate after primary school, and less than 24% of adolescents are enrolled in secondary school.
Embrace Relief’s ACT-US Program
To combat digital illiteracy and, subsequently, lift areas of sub-Saharan Africa out of extreme poverty, Embrace Relief has partnered with the Nile Humanitarian Development Agency to create and implement the ACT-US Program. The program provides computers that allow students in Ugandan K-12 schools to learn general education subjects such as science, math, and reading, as well as life skills such as health, farming, and sanitation, among others. The computers’ operating systems are also equipped with ICT (Information and Computer Technology) skills training such as typing and coding. Plus, because the computers are equipped with Endless OS system technology, students can learn these skills without needing access to the internet.Assessing ACT-US’s Effectiveness
To assess the impact of the ACT-US program, the Nile Humanitarian Development Agency has conducted a survey in nine of the 15 selected schools, arriving at the following results:- 100% of the interviewed teachers believe the computers benefited students and improved their learning outcomes.
- Specifically, computer skills, English, and finance were among the subjects where great improvement had been demonstrated by the students.
- 75% of the interviewed teachers felt they received adequate training for the technology and were able to effectively direct the learners during instruction.
- Students expected the computers to help them with research and communication skills, and the computers were mostly used for research purposes by both students and teachers.
- Throughout the administration of the computers in the Ugandan schools, over 98% of the computers remained properly functioning.
- The number of students accessing the computers was almost the same in all the schools varying between 16% to 4%. Also, students in each school spent a maximum of 60 to 120 minutes per lesson. This time is averagely above the standard minutes per lesson in Uganda, therefore giving the learners more time to interact with the computers and improve their learning.
- The schools believe that if administrators are committed and continue to monitor the program, ACT-US will yield a strong and lasting impact on their schools in the same way it has started to positively transform the individual learners.
How YOU Can Help
ACT-US is an incredibly important program because without programs like it, an estimated nine out of ten children in sub-Saharan Africa will grow to live in extreme poverty (UNICEF, 2016). Not only that, extreme poverty breeds more extreme poverty, leading into future generations, a problem only exacerbated by the fact that the population of sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly increasing. Therefore, more and more people will live drastically below the poverty line. To date Embrace Relief has delivered 324 ICT Computers serving over 7,000 underserved students in Uganda and Tanzania. However, thousands more are in need of aid. Please consider donating today to help them receive the education and digital literacy they need to create prosperous futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Intel Seed Grant #2 Water Well
| Code | Country | Town/Village | Inauguration | Depth | Serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | Walia | 07/2021 | 45m / 148ft | 1200 people |
Intel Seed Grant #1 Water Well
| Code | Country | Town/Village | Inauguration | Depth | Serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad |
Ngonba-Massa |
07/2021 | 45m / 148ft | 1200 people |
Zuhriddin & Nodira Water Well
A single drop makes a small, seemingly insignificant, impact. But when it hits the surface, tiny ripples form. Slowly, these ripples grow bigger and the whole surface begins to change. You can change lives with your donations.
Water Crisis in Africa: Why is There So Little Clean Water in Africa?
The current water crisis in Africa stems from lack of access to clean, sanitary water, particularly in the sub-Saharan region. Unfortunately, millions of people in Africa spend up to six hours every single day collecting unsafe water from lakes, rivers, and ponds, causing them to become infected with waterborne illnesses that either result in death or make them too sick to work or pursue an education. Even just spending all that time obtaining water exposes people to highly dangerous weather conditions and steals valuable time they could be using to work or pursue an education. This in turn leads to the extreme poverty that exists throughout Africa. So, what exactly is causing the water problem in Africa?
Factors Causing Water Issues in Africa
The physical lack of clean water in the natural environment. This affects countries in northern and southern Africa the most. For example, of the 980 large dams in sub-Saharan Africa, around 589 are located in South Africa. However, only two are located in Tanzania, a country of similar landmass and population, greatly impacting the country’s water scarcity.
The lack of economic means to provide access to clean water to Africa. In this situation, the country or region lacks the ability to invest or repair water infrastructure to provide sanitary water for the community, even in areas where freshwater is abundantly available. This is especially unfortunate in cities and regions where the population is growing; therefore, the demand for clean water keeps increasing.
Social relations between different groups of people. For example, some people struggle to access clean water in Africa because they have no or low income, live in a poor neighborhood, are refugees, women, or because the majority of the people in that community belong to a particular political party, etc.
Natural disasters such as floods and drought. Floods contaminate drinking water and destroy hygiene and wastewater systems, whereas droughts create food insecurity that leads to malnutrition and denies communities water supplies. Also, in sub-Saharan Africa, 66% of people—i.e., 300 million—live in areas with little to no rainfall, which greatly negatively impacts agriculture.
How Embrace Relief Combats the Water Issue in Africa
Fortunately, Africa houses a substantial amount of clean water underground, possibly 20 times more than the 8,000 miles of visible water in its lakes and ponds. And because the vast majority of problems regarding water pollution in Africa can be solved simply by providing access to clean, sanitary water, Embrace Relief has decided to both build and reconstruct currently non-operational water wells.
What We Have Accomplished
Since 2013, Embrace Relief has built 409 Africa water wells throughout sub-Saharan Africa, supplying clean water to 400,000 people on a daily basis. Plus, we monitor each well up to five years after construction to ensure they’re operating effectively. Our top three Clean Water Project locations so far are:
- Chad Clean Water
- Nigeria Clean Water
- Cameroon Clean Water
We plan on building and refurbishing hundreds more wells throughout the region, too. So, please consider donating today (or starting your own Water Well for Africa project) so thousands of vulnerable people in Africa not only survive, but thrive and lift their communities out of poverty. Together, we can drastically reduce water scarcity in Africa!
