Transcript BEYH Ahmad HNEINEH Mona HOTEIT Fatmeh MOURAD Reda SLEIMAN Anwar 1S2 The text “Erika and Ada” seems to be an article. Actually, we don’t have a.

BEYH Ahmad
HNEINEH Mona
HOTEIT Fatmeh
MOURAD Reda
SLEIMAN Anwar
1S2
The text “Erika and Ada” seems to be an article.
Actually, we don’t have a specific source but we
can guess that it’s taken from a magazine. We can
also hypothesize that it’s not an old article,
because as we all noticed the photos are modern.
So the problem this text states is contemporary.
In this article, Erika explains how hard
her life was before having access to clean
water in her village. Actually, she used to
miss school, get sick, and exhausted - “I
was suffering with stomach cramps” because she couldn’t wash properly. And
she wasn’t the only one affected by this
issue, in fact the entire village suffered
from diseases. Erika added too that her
school closed down for one month in 1998
because the students were all sick.
But after getting water, Erika can look to a
brighter future: a better health, a real
education and an easier life.
Erika holding a water
bucket
Ada, Erika’s mother, is satisfied with the
tap stand in her village. She explained
how much her life is easier now that she
can get clean water. Actually, every day,
she used to wake up very early and go
search for water all day long, and she
would be late for launch. She also
explained that she couldn’t have more
than one meal a day because there wasn’t
enough water to consume.
Today, Ada is using water for washing,
cleaning, cooking, drinking, and also
gardening! Her life is healthier: she’s
getting three meals, a clean home and no
more diseases!
Ada, Erika’s mother
Erika and Ada showed in this article their joy with
their new life. After getting clean water, they are able
to wash properly, eat, drink, go to school and have a
healthy way of living. Water is so important for
everyone. This article shows that this source is
priceless. And not being able to get clean water affects
human being because humanity can’t live without it!
From a personal Point of view, I find this text very
interesting. As a matter of fact, reading and analyzing
the text made me realize the importance of water, and
the misery that the Africans must live each day to get
access to water. Moreover, Erika Makalli explained
the positive change in her life: after getting clean
water, she could go to school every day!
What I liked about this argument is that it showed
how water can influence the life of a student. So the
author, by giving this example, he made millions of
students think seriously about water and its
importance in their lives. I am now more aware of the
danger that the world is facing, and as a student, I’m
trying to be more attentive and I’m making sure not
to waste this vital resource!
Tanzania is still unequally provided with water, but it
turned out to be on the way to improvement, especially
in what concerns the water crisis and penury, as showed
the example of Erika and Ada Makalli. But is Lebanon
also improving its water issues? And what’s the actual
situation of water in Lebanon?
After the war with Israel in 2006, the water in the South
of Lebanon became more and more scarce, and
thousands of people were cut off the water pipelines.
UNICEF, as long as other international humanitarian aid
organizations, initiated a program that consists on
installing 29 gas chlorination systems across southern
Lebanon, to increase water quality, while the EU and
World Bank are working on a scheme to build 12 sewage
treatment stations across the country.
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Despite the initiatives to improve the situation in
Lebanon:
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everyone still pays the same amount of money for water
($120 / year), no matter how much they consume
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only 56% of the Lebanese are connected to mains water
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one in three buys drinking water
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water pipelines leak an average of 50%
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70% of water systems in Lebanon have no sewage
treatment