Water situation in Africa

In class on Thursday 24th ( as homework if you don't finish in class)

Watch this 10 minute video + answer the following questions:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html

1- Where does the video take us?

2- Throughout the video, note down 5 descriptions for this place (what you see, what you hear, facts that are given, etc….)

3- Give some facts about the situation the water there (where, how much, what kind, transport of it, its quality or lack of,...)

4- What is the "play-pump", and how is it suppose to help?  Give 5 facts about it (cost, where it is installed, how it works, looks (you can draw it), who uses it, etc…)

5- Give 5 facts about Trevor Field.

6- What action did the US take about this situation?

7- Who else is trying to help, and how?

8- How is this helping (meaning what is Trevor Field doing with the help he is getting)?

9- Do you foresee problems with this new system of getting water? Explain

10- What would you like to do about this situation?

In class work with a partner - Tuesday 22nd:  
 http://projecthumanity.org/water-problem/
1. Cite 6 statistics about water in Africa (death by contamination / diseases / time and effort to fetch it /  etc...)

Now read Clean Water Saves Lives: http://projecthumanity.org/clean-water-saves-lives/ 
 1) Explain why it is very important to train a community about the maintenance of a well, and why the community needs to feel responsible for it. 

2) Could your family afford clean water if the cost were similar to the one for these people?

Extra:
Read the 2 blogs at the bottom: 
http://projecthumanity.org/lwala-water-project/
http://projecthumanity.org/layik-water-project/
Report the information (where / what / how). 

Homework for Monday 28th
Read this article :  http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html

1. What organization took over the playpump project, and why?
2. What is the main goal of this organization?
3. How are the ambition and philosophy of this organization different from Trevor Field's, and how are they similar?
4. What are the limitations of the playpump that Trevor Field didn't see?
5. Name at least 3 modifications that have been made to the original design of the playpump.
6. For what situations will the playpump be kept?
7. There is a reference to child safety, what do you think it means? How is the playpump dangerous to children?
8. Overall, what lessons did we (future inventors/investors) learned from this story?