Crisis+in+Africa

__**WATER CRISIS:** __ All across Africa 884 million people don't have acess to clean water. We take water for granted and don't value the lives it could save in Africa.


 * 3.575 __MILLION__ people die each year from a water related disease from unclean water.
 * The amount of people that die each year is equal to the entire population of Los Angeles, CA.
 * "844 __MILLION__ people lack access to clean water (That's almost 3X The United States Population) That's One in Eight for Every Person in Africa"
 * The Water and Sanitation crisis kills more people through disease than any war kills through guns
 * People living in run down sections of their city often pay 5-10 times more per liter of water than rich people living in the same city.
 * A five~mintute shower uses much more water than a person slums may use in a intire day!
 * "Most of the sickness in Africa is caused by fecal matter in the water."
 * If people added a promotion of hygiene, they could teach right kind of handwashing, which could decrease death tolls.
 * People are starting water projects in several African countries. We can help by sending them donantions through the web sites they have.

__**Food Crisis:**__


 * Food prices started to rise fastly during June 2010~Febuary 2011.
 * "During June 2010~Febuary 2011 44 million people were forced in poverty."
 * The drought that happened in a part of Africa had an affect on crops, and cattle.
 * The crisis is affecting people because of the high prices of food and the food is scarce to get.
 * <span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We could help them by sending them canned foods that won't spoil and also by sending them money to buy food.
 * <span style="color: #ff0900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">On one of the sites their is a place that you can donate money to help get food.

<span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**AIDS Crisis:**__


 * <span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The AIDS epidemic began over 25 years ago, and the disease continues to prey upon millions of children around the world.
 * <span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Over 2.1 million children are HIV–positive, with more than 400,000 children becoming newly infected with HIV / AIDS each year.
 * <span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We are providing HIV/AIDS pedactic treatment.
 * <span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">UNICEF–supported programs provide care and education for millions of HIV–positive children, as well as those who are orphaned by the disease and those who are living with infected caregivers.
 * <span style="color: #700ac2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">UNICEF has helped more than 750,000 children return to school.