One of the UN’s SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) includes ensuring all humanity has access to clean and safe drinking water.
Over 300 million Africans lack access to clean drinking water and 700 million are living in poor conditions without adequate sanitation.
Clean Water Improves Health and Sanitation Standards When communities lack access to clean and safe water, a lot of health and sanitation-related challenges become prevalent in society.
The major health problem associated with water scarcity is the risk of exposure to waterborne diseases.
Unfortunately, children are the biggest casualties, as those who are living in areas that lack clean water are twice as likely to suffer from waterborne diseases.
When communities have improved access to water, women and girls reclaim their lives.
How to Address Water Challenges Africa is Currently Facing In order for Africa to solve its water problems and achieve SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, adequate measures must be put in place to ensure future generations do not have to suffer from water scarcity issues.
According to experts, the unfortunate selfish acts by a few people have denied millions of poor Africans access to clean and safe drinking water.
One of the key problems that have contributed to water inaccessibility in Africa is constant political conflicts.
Many countries in Africa share water sources and, as a result, we have witnessed cases of cross-border wrangles caused by fighting for the scarce water resources.