The Effects of Water Scarcity on Education
Antonia Ramirez
Ms. Middleton
World Area Studies
September 20, 2013
The Effects That Water Scarcity Has On Education You wake up at seven thirty, you’re hungry, your stomach hurts, and your feet hurt. But you have to get up anyways. You have to go get your families water, but its contaminated water, you could get sick from this and your family could get sick, you miss school because you are the oldest in the family and it’s your responsibility but it’s the only water source where you live. Many children in Kenya are living in this condition right now. In 2003, the Kenyan government brought in Universal Primary education. 1.5 million students were added to schools. What about the other thirty nine million students? Fifteen million people live in poverty in Kenya; many of the kids that are unable to attend schools are living in poverty. Water scarcity has a big effect on Kenya’s education. In sub- Saharan Africa there are forty seven million youths that are illiterate, twenty one million teens aren’t attending school and thirty two million primary aged children aren’t in school (africanlibraryproject.org). There are many reasons why they aren’t attending school. One of the many reasons is that there is a lack of teachers in schools; another 1.1 million teachers will be needed in sub-Saharan Africa to have enough teachers to provide for each school. In Kenya, one million children aren’t attending school (unesco.org). Many of those children live in poverty. Only nineteen percent of people in Kenya are at grade reading level. Women in Kenya have little to no chance of going to school. Fifty-five percent if girls that live in poverty have never been to school while, forty-three percent of boys that live in poverty have never been to school. But how does water scarcity tie into all of this? Seventeen million people lack safe water, and twenty million people have no sanitation services (water.org) Many children have to miss school because they to go get
Ms. Middleton
World Area Studies
September 20, 2013
The Effects That Water Scarcity Has On Education You wake up at seven thirty, you’re hungry, your stomach hurts, and your feet hurt. But you have to get up anyways. You have to go get your families water, but its contaminated water, you could get sick from this and your family could get sick, you miss school because you are the oldest in the family and it’s your responsibility but it’s the only water source where you live. Many children in Kenya are living in this condition right now. In 2003, the Kenyan government brought in Universal Primary education. 1.5 million students were added to schools. What about the other thirty nine million students? Fifteen million people live in poverty in Kenya; many of the kids that are unable to attend schools are living in poverty. Water scarcity has a big effect on Kenya’s education. In sub- Saharan Africa there are forty seven million youths that are illiterate, twenty one million teens aren’t attending school and thirty two million primary aged children aren’t in school (africanlibraryproject.org). There are many reasons why they aren’t attending school. One of the many reasons is that there is a lack of teachers in schools; another 1.1 million teachers will be needed in sub-Saharan Africa to have enough teachers to provide for each school. In Kenya, one million children aren’t attending school (unesco.org). Many of those children live in poverty. Only nineteen percent of people in Kenya are at grade reading level. Women in Kenya have little to no chance of going to school. Fifty-five percent if girls that live in poverty have never been to school while, forty-three percent of boys that live in poverty have never been to school. But how does water scarcity tie into all of this? Seventeen million people lack safe water, and twenty million people have no sanitation services (water.org) Many children have to miss school because they to go get
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