Flora-
Good morning! Today I'm starting off a bit early because yesterday I left a lot of the distance I have to walk everyday until the evening... this wasn't a good plan! I was on campus from 10am to 6pm and when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was venture into the cold darkness! It got me thinking- for me this is was a choice, but for so many people around the world, it isn't. Last night, I turned the tap on to fill up my water bottle and I realized that this was not a regularly thing a lot of people are able to do. From the globalissues.org website I discovered that: Access to piped water into the household averages about 85% for the wealthiest 20% of the population, compared with 25% for the poorest 20%. I cannot imagine walking miles and miles everyday to water, yet so many people could not imagine just turning on a tap. I am so glad that Oxfam Society is doing this Poverty Week, it is not about trying to "live" in poverty, as obviously none of us are experiencing even close to what poverty must feel like, but I believe it is making us all think hard about what we have in our lives. Good luck for today everyone! We can do it! xx
Good morning! Today I'm starting off a bit early because yesterday I left a lot of the distance I have to walk everyday until the evening... this wasn't a good plan! I was on campus from 10am to 6pm and when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was venture into the cold darkness! It got me thinking- for me this is was a choice, but for so many people around the world, it isn't. Last night, I turned the tap on to fill up my water bottle and I realized that this was not a regularly thing a lot of people are able to do. From the globalissues.org website I discovered that: Access to piped water into the household averages about 85% for the wealthiest 20% of the population, compared with 25% for the poorest 20%. I cannot imagine walking miles and miles everyday to water, yet so many people could not imagine just turning on a tap. I am so glad that Oxfam Society is doing this Poverty Week, it is not about trying to "live" in poverty, as obviously none of us are experiencing even close to what poverty must feel like, but I believe it is making us all think hard about what we have in our lives. Good luck for today everyone! We can do it! xx
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