OXFAM WATER WEEK Learn and think about water

OXFAM WATER WEEK Learn and think about water vulnerability

WATER VULNERABILITY If you are water vulnerable it means you are… At risk or In danger Because of something to do with water. Untreated water collected from a reservoir. © Jane Beesley

WATER VULNERABILITY Like any problem, water vulnerability has symptoms and causes… Problem: water vulnerability Symptom What you see or experience when water vulnerable. Cause Being at risk because of a lack of clean water. What is making water vulnerability happen.

SYMPTOMS OF WATER VULNERABILITY • Not having enough water that is clean for drinking or cooking. • • Not having toilets or sanitation (risking disease). Low levels of hygiene (risking disease). Having to travel a long way to find water. Not having enough water to grow crops. Can you think of any more. . ?

SYMPTOMS… • Missing school because water has to be fetched.

SYMPTOMS… • Not having access to enough water. (How many litres was the ‘ration’ in the camps? )

SYMPTOMS… • Risking disease from untreated water.

SYMPTOMS… • Lacking water to grow crops.

SYMPTOMS… • Having to travel to find water.

SYMPTOMS… • Risking disease from low levels of hygiene.

SYMPTOMS… • Lacking sanitation (toilets) to get rid of waste. (For example, if the toilets are flooded…)

CAUSES OF WATER VULNERABILITY What do you think are the causes of water vulnerability? • Conflict • Drought • Poor water infrastructure (meaning pipes, wells and • irrigation) Floods

POOR INFRASTRUCTURE… In Tajikistan, the infrastructure was poor. Too few pipes meant there was no water near people’s homes. Why does a lack of infrastructure cause water vulnerability?

CONFLICT… In Syria, there has been a conflict. People have had to move to displacement camps to escape the fighting. Credit: EPA/Luav Abu Al-Joud Credit: Sam Tarling/Oxfam Why does conflict cause water vulnerability?

NATURAL DISASTERS… In 2013 Super-Typhoon Haiyan hit central Philippines. A massive earthquake struck Haiti in 2010. Infrastructure was destroyed and people were evacuated. Credit: Vincent Malasador/Oxfam Credit: Oxfam staff Why do natural disasters cause water vulnerability?

MAKE A WATER VULNERABILITY TREE Make an issues tree: Write ‘Water vulnerability’ (the issue) on the trunk. Write the causes of water vulnerability next to the roots. Write the symptoms of water vulnerability on the branches.

WATER VULNERABILITY TREE… Write the symptoms in the branches. Write the issue on the trunk. Write the causes in the roots.

WHAT CAN BE DONE? Oxfam works with water-vulnerable communities to try to overcome water problems.

SHORT TERM RESPONSES. . . Dealing immediately with the symptoms (like going to the doctor if you have a cold…) water trucks boreholes wells

LONG TERM RESPONSES Preventing the symptoms from happening in the future. This is dealing with the causes (like exercising so you don’t catch a cold in the first place). strengthening communities providing hygiene education talking to politicians

WATER VULNERABILITY TREE… Look at your tree again. Write the solutions in the fruit.