Water children's most essential means of survival continuously gets contaminated as a result of displacement conflict and instability For these reasons water and sanitation systems are always damaged and left in poor conditions When health systems are left in ruins and when children have no safe water to drink malnutrition and fatal diseases such as cholera will inevitably follow Water is at the center of sustainable development is dire for food and energy production and for human survival In urban areas 95 of people have access to safe drinking water sources whereas in rural areas 73 have access Representing nearly 11 of the world population about a third of all people living in Sub Saharan Africa is left without access to improved drinking water At the heart of adaptation to climate change water serves as the key between the environment and the society In addition the leading cause of child mortality diarrhoea accounts for 1 5 million deaths per year due to unclean water It is estimated that by 2040 1 in 4 children 600 million children will live in areas of high water stress This statistic stresses the need for the world to meet its Millennium Development Goal MDG commitment on water and sanitation Water is as fundamental to human life as the air we breathe These kids are more vulnerable to the ill effects of unsafe insufficient quantities of water When sanitation is inadequate those who rely heavily on water from unprotected rivers dug wells streams or any other source of water are at high risk of infection by waterborne diseases Due to inadequate drinking water worm infestations predominantly affect children
