Water Shortages
To drink a draft of water Some people have to walk 10km every day across deserts under scotching heat. Children die from drinking muddy, polluted water. 4 in 10 in the world suffer shortage of water. 2 in 10 do not even have access to drinking water. Since 1970s, 24,000 people die each year from lack of water. The world population, which stood at 2.3 billion in 1940, more than doubled to 5.3 billion in 50 year as of 1990. [...]