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PHOTOCOPIABLE

International World Water Day 22nd March

Watch the video from www.charitywater.org and answer these questions / complete the sentences.

1. How many people live without clean drinking water? ______________________________________

2. ‘Water affects everything’: Put the topics in order:

a) Women and children b) education c) poverty d) health

3. ‘It’s likely that a family affected by the water crisis live on less than $ a day’

4. ‘Many women and children walk hours per day to collect water’

5. When women and children are collecting water, they can’t spend time on other things.

Write ONE of these things: __________________________________________________________

6. The water is often contaminated. What health problems can be caused by contaminated water?

Write ONE ______________________________________________________________________

7. ‘Every seconds, a mother loses one of her children to a water-related illness’

8. What is a ‘brand new, innovative’ solution to the problem?

______________________________________________________________________________

9. What is ‘an age-old’ solution to the problem?

______________________________________________________________________________

10. How many hours each year could Africa save, if drinking water was provided close to people’s homes?

_______________________________________________________________________________

11. If a water project is built near a school, what can happen in the school?

_______________________________________________________________________________

12. How much money is needed to provide one person with a clean water project in their village?

_______________________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 1: Water changes everything

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