Water is essential for life. The document discusses a river in Uganda that local people and animals use for drinking water, washing, and other purposes. However, the river water is not clean and the mother boils it to remove germs before the children drink it. The document questions if everyone having access to clean water is fair and discusses the impacts of drought such as people having to search further for water and the formation of deserts when water is not available.

1. WATER!

2. Why is water so important?

3. This is a river in Uganda
• DO you think the water
looks clean?
• If you had no water in your
home what might this river
be useful for?

4. • The local people use this
river for drinking water
• The also wash in the river
• And so do their animals

6. Water for All – Questions to Discuss
• When the Kaahwa children bring the water
home, their mother boils it to get rid of any
germs.
• Water for all means that everyone should
have clean water.
• Do you think this if fair?
• What else do you think everyone should have?

7. What happens if we don’t have water?
Drought
People have to keep moving in
search of water
The dry land spreads and
forms deserts. Animals and people starve

8. The people have to digger further down
for water. Wells can be 20metres deep.
That is a massive pull every time you
want to drink, cook or wash.