The water crisis only affects Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America.
False
The water that these women and children collect is often unsafe.
True
Some families are forced to drink contaminated water.
True
The water crisis has a direct impact on some children's reading and writing skills.
True
Only a small number of children who get water-related diseases die every year.
False
The water crisis can only be solved with modern technology and solutions.
False
More medicine is purchased as a result of safe water projects.
False
Safe water projects could mean that more children go school.
True
the condition of being poor
Poverty
a tap; the thing you turn on to get water from a pipe (American English)
a faucet
dirty, polluted and unsafe for people to use
contaminated
extremely large
vast
What is it?
swamp
a time of intense difficulty or danger.
crisis
Nearly ……………………………… billion people live without clean drinking water.
one
. Women and children often walk up to ……………………………… hours a day to collect water from the nearest swamp, pond or river.
three
