The Republic of Djibouti actively supports the U.N.’s struggles to ensure adequate access to clean drinking water and sanitation. The Millennium Development Goal’s (MDG’s) Goal 7.C states that Member States must halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Djibouti has given its utmost effort into reaching that goal itself. As it stands today, the Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) figures show that there is access to 98% clean water in urban areas and 53% clean water in rural parts, overall 92%. Sanitation rates in urban areas total to 69% while in rural areas it’s only 19% to bring an overall of 62%. However, the Government of Djibouti’s Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et de la Mer, Chargé des Ressources Hydrauliques (MAEM-RH) establish stricter rules, according to which, the clean water rate overall in the areas is 52% and sanitation 45%. …show more content…
It has had many partnerships with other organizations in the past on the specific subject. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) provided clean drinking water to about 1,200 slums in Djibouti by bringing a water truck to the community once a week. They also gave communities storage supplies such as water drums and jerry cans. On July 2007, UNICEF put forward Euro 60,000 and the EU (Europe Union) added an additional Euro 2 million to the Djibouti Ministry of Health for better water facilities and community participation in maintaining them
There are upwards of 13 million people have been displaced due to the result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Currently the NRC is providing assistance in the form of shelter, education, water, and legal help to more than one and a half million people in the Middle East. The people in Syria do not have adequate running water or sewage system. This causes them to receive clean water, nor for waste to be removed from their homes. NCR has assisted them with the repair of water and their sanitation infrastructure. Children displaced from the conflicts haven’t been receiving education. The NCR has helped to rebuild schools and community centers so students can continue learning.
4. United Nations Development Programme, U.N. Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty, and the Global Water Crisis, web. 6 Dec. 2009 http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr2006_english_summary.pdf
Furthermore, more lives could be lost due to the spreading of diseases. With such extreme lacks of sanitation, clean water...
With the beginning of ancient times, the area known now as Djibouti, has been placed in a grand category of countries residing in East Africa. Djibouti, officially known as The Republic of Djibouti is a country that has much substance and significant history in Africa. It is located in Northeastern Africa, in-between Eritrea and Somalia, and borders the Gulf of Aden as well as the Red Sea. The country is very small measuring only 8,800 square miles, similar to the size of New Jersey located in the United States. It also holds around 800,000 people which can be compared to the population of the District of Columbia. Strategically placed by bodies of water, Djibouti has trading advantages that inland countries do not and that creates opportunities for the inhabitants of the area.
One out of five children suffer from starvation and thirst all around the world. But suffering from thirst isn 't so common in the U.S because one way or another water is easy to find. Many people all over the world take purified water for granted and see it as something they will always have. In Africa the people dream of having drinking water in their daily lives. Contaminated water affects many people from Africa. Such as health issues, pollution, and starvation. Africa civilians are one of the top countries in the world that suffer the most from starvation and dehydration.
Measures to expand and improve public delivery systems of drinking water, contributing to a reduction in morbidity and mortality associated with enteric diseases, because these diseases are associated directly or indirectly with providing substandard water or poor provision water. Currently, 1,400 million people lack access to safe drinking water and nearly 4,000 billion lack adequate sanitation. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of diseases are transmitted through contaminated water.
Human rights conventions that refer to the right to water and sanitation can be used
The goal of JMP and the DR is to work alongside Member States in identifying the absence of WASH in developing states and providing means of addressing said absence. Through the JMP, nations can locate venerable areas within their region and begin improving the local infrastructure so as to secure a better lifestyle for the women and children who reside there. The Dominican Republic believes this is the first necessary step in a long line of steps to begin providing the global deprived better means of accessing cleaner, safer and (most importantly) consumable water. III.
Since then they built a substantial development and humanitarian program, targeting around 1 million people in Kenya annually. CARE is a major partner of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and world food program (WFP), for water, hygiene, food distribution and formal education in the refugee camps in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somali border. CARE is currently present in 17 counties directly and 23 counties indirectly through Global Fund partners. An example of their presence is in the Kisumu County where they have provided financial inclusion, water and sanitation, health and women and girls empowerment projects.
Introduction on Water It covers 70% of our planet, makes up 75% of our body, it is necessary for survival and it is declining at a rapid rate (http://www.sscwd.org). It is water. Unfortunately, clean water is rare, almost 1 billion people in developing countries do not have access to water everyday. “Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles” (The Water Project). Use of earth’s natural resources should be seen as prosperity, although it is taken for granted, every aspect of daily life revolves around the environment, forcing water conservation to be necessary for future on this planet.
The goals to eradicate extreme poverty/hunger, provide universal primary education, promote gender equality, decrease child mortality and improve maternal health, fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases and to ensure environmental sustainability were not fully met but did achieve significant success. The MDG’s acted as an impetus for the UN to set larger and more ambitious goals called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The focuses of the new goals are broader addressing three dimensions of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental (From MDGs to SDGs, WHO launches new report, 2015). The development and execution of these goals represent global health diplomacy in action.
Another problem for people of Africa is clear access to clean water. Clean drinking water is very rare for the people of Africa. Unclean water and sanitation problem leads to many diseases in African countries. Main problem which occurs due to unclean water is child morality. Around 2000 children’s die from diarrhoea which spread due to poor sanitatio...
The combination of safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities is a precondition for health and for success in the fight against poverty, hunger, child deaths and gender inequality. UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices. All UNICEF water and sanitation programmes are designed to contribute to the Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation: to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation. Key strategies for meeting the water, sanitation and hygiene challenges are to:
The consumption of contaminated water can be dangerous for health reasons and several people have passed away from these water-borne diseases. Some of these diseases include Cholera, Typhoid, Dysentery, Giardiasis, and Malaria. These unfortunate diseases are currently the cause of numerous deaths, especially in small children. The availability of clean water can prevent many problems in low-income communities. The available resources for clean water are very rare, so these water sources need to pass through a process of water sanitation in order to just be sustainable to drink, “The world’s surface is made up of approximately 80% water, which is an indestructible substance.
As I speak, there are many different organisations and countries sending in water and resources to help aid those in need in our country. I am thankful for these companies and countries and I wish nothing but luck to aiding the needy for our country.