Jay Z Discussion

                                   

Discussions 1 Why was Jay-Z “honored to be at the UN”?     Jay-z was honored to speak at the United Nation because he wanted to help people that is having a hard time getting water. Why did Jay-Z want to do more than just go on a concert tour around the world He wanted to know and learn about the water crisis that is happening. He wanted to help that area that is having a hard time. Arunabha Ghosh explains to Jay-Z “you can live without food for a while, but you can’t live without water.”  Jay-Z agrees.  Why? Jay-z agrees because, we can only survive without water for only about 4-5 days, but we can survive without food for a week even more. What are some reasons why people in Angola do not have running water in their homesSome reasons why people in Angola do not have running water in their homes are because of civil wars. Civil war destroyed the water system in Angola. Arunabha Ghosh talks about the ‘loss of dignity’ when one is forced to bathe in public.  What does he mean? ·        It’s a loss of dignity because people need to have a private place to do personal things such as toilet.

Discussions 2 1.        It takes Bella four hours to collect water. Is there a better use of her time? ·         She can use her time to study or help her family. 2.      What are the health risks associated with open sewers? ·         Open sewers contain bad smell and it might spread disease, especially in a community when one person get the disease it in the whole community. 3.     Why does a flush toilet help keep girls in school? Males can pee anywhere such as bushes but females need to have a private place to do their private things. 4.      The water, sanitation and hygiene facility improvements and education at Bella's school are supported by UNICEF Angola. UNICEF-supported WASH programmes take place in over 90 countries around the world and are designed to increase access to safe water and sanitation and to educate young people about the importance of water, sanitation and healthy hygiene behaviours.  How might the knowledge and skills students learn in school WASH help their communities at large? ·         The increase of education will be able to help the community because cleaning up the water supplies in their community; they would have a better life both their community and themselves. 5.      It is more difficult for rural villages to get water, why?  What effects does this have on the girls of the community? ·         It is more difficult for rural villages to get water because the lack of technology and civilization that comes with living in a rural area.

Questions to Consider 1.        Are there shortages of freshwater resources in your country? If so, what effects do these have on your nation’s health, economy and development? Health ·         Health risk due to poor quality of drinking water ·         About 43 millions of people drink non-standard water ·         The highest risk is rain water follow by the people who drink underground water ·         The lowest risk are the packaged drinks Economy ·         Long periods of drought each year causes the decrease amount of water flowing into dams. ·         Droughts also effect on the production of rice, Thailand is also the world largest rice exporter and the agricultural take up 70% of nation water supplies. ·         Farmers have expanded farming outside of irrigated zone and farmer does not conserve water and have failed to plan crop production efficiently. ·           Development ·         Because Thailand needs lots of water each year this lead to effort to become “Kitchen to the World” ·         If not for exporting there should be enough water for present and future needs. 2.      What does your country believe the international community can do to address the issue of declining freshwater resources? ·         Both Thai and foreigner notice that freshwater is declining. ·         Example: the website Imagine Thailand is an organization that addresses about freshwater declining. In the site there are ways to get involve and help fresh water from declining. 3.      How does your country suggest the international community pay for global water resource management programs? ·         Managing risks in water resources is essential to alleviate damage and the consequences of natural disaster ·         Understanding the types or risk in each area help planners to select the right policies and actions to apply in order to reduce the risks and mitigate damage. ·         Risk management framework involves collecting info., establishing the context, identifying the risks, assessing the risks, and treating the risks. At each step stakeholders should communicate, review and monitor the progress and performance of the management framework. ·         The impact of climate change needs to be addresses when establishing the context and must continue to be considered throughout the risk management framework ·         The major source of risk in water resources especially water supply is rainfall, because we can’t control where, when and how much it will rain and these are the reasons that causes flooding and drought risks. These risk also have threat to economic development ·         Risk assessment feature an analysis of the types of risk in an area, the time of the year when will risk likely to occur ·         Traditional methods: rainfall analysis, flood and risk map creation and water balance have often been conducted on an annual basis and are statistically-based 4.      What are types of roles NGOs and business can play in the water shortage problem? ·         Organization called “water-advocacy” NGO that helps rural village with water providing. The types of roles are: -          Provide leadership necessary to create a relationship with water project recipients -          Ask for organizational expertise to plan a project with Global Water’s help -          Provide onsite skilled supervision throughout the project -          Provide after-project connection to check and monitor equipment installed during project construction -          Provide maintenance as needed -          They can provide with necessary connection with people who we can get help from.