This article is focused on the following UN Sustainable Development Goal:
Water is a resource so important for daily lifestyle that we don't even think twice about not having access to it. Sadly for the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh their clean water supply and sanitation treatment is decreasing. In this day and age Dhaka is home to 23.2 million people. Almost 4.4 million of those people are stranded in slums of poverty with barely any access to clean water and live with very poor conditions and even worse sanitation issues.
Dhaka is one of the most populated megacities in the world overall. All to be noted is the Buringanga river that passes along the left side of Dhaka that is a main route for refugees to follow and eventually arrive along the city. This river is well known by citizens to be heavily polluted, buildings along the river that have collapsed pollute the water and further supply Dhaka with their unsanitary and hard to filtrate water. The pollution of falling buildings is caused by the reoccurring issue of the monsoon season that occurs from May to June and October to November.
The monsoon season has disastrous tropical cyclones that leave slums in even worse states and pollute the water with scraps of buildings and belongings. The population living in these poor conditions still drink from these waters filled with bacterias often killing off young and sickening everyone else. The few filtration systems that were implemented still have their limits of access. The surrounding areas of the houses are filled with slowly decomposing garbage that have no other place to be facilitated. From the bad environment conditions and limited resource to clean water this situation feels to have no end.
However, some organisations have put their foot into this matter and have helped give filtering opportunities and sanitations services to better help the population not suffer from so much sickness. The Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority is the main contributor to trying to solve these citizens problems. The DWASA is a project supported by AFD and the European union who has funded and allowed many lives to be supported and kept healthy.
Our duty as humans are to help and support eachother. This constant issues of non clean water and sanitation issues that Dhaka is facing will not change if we don't start to help. Multiple organisations are trying to help this growing problem and as little as a few dollars can make a big difference overall.
Help clean our waters. Allow Dhaka clean and sanitary water and better environment conditions.
Donations sites:
WaterAid :Extreme poverty cannot end until clean water, toilets and hygiene are a normal part of daily life for everyone, everywhere. Yet 785 million people live without clean water close to home, and 2 billion don't have a decent toilet of their own. And climate change is making the situation worse.
ADB : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) envisions a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the region. Despite the region's many successes, it remains home to a large share of the world's poor: 263 million living on less than $1.90 a day and 1.1 billion on less than $3.20 a day.
Water.Org :Water.org is a global nonprofit organisation working to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective. We help people get access to safe water and sanitation through affordable financing, such as small loans. We give our everything every day to empower people in need with these life-changing resources – giving women hope, children health and families a bright future.
And these are just a few, Help today and Donate.
Remember, change starts with you.
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