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Africa has a very damaged water supply. There water supply has toxins, diseases even that you can not simply should not drink. Some people even die of these toxins or of thirst. No one seems to be doing that much about it. This is bad on the climate as well because animals are also drinking this water and they may start to die out limiting food supply in Africa. I know that some people are also trying to help by donating water and food and money but it is not enough. There are so many places in the world that need help that nothing is really getting done. The only way to fix any problem is to work on one problem at the time so we can get it done quicker and fully.======

** Part III--The Search **
I had used diigo.com to get information on my topic. It was very interesting. I thought that this was a very important issue so I was a little bit angry when I didn't get as much sites with relavant information that I wanted to get. I did get some pretty good sites that helped me. They told me how much some people were helping and even though it is not making a gigantic difference it is making a small one. That is something that counts. I also used google.com. In google I found a very interesting article regarding Africa's water problem. It seems that Egypt doesn't want to help to clean their water because they felt the other countries don't own the Nile River.

I read the book "Head Above Water" by Buchi Emecheta. This book was a very interesting book that I highly recommend to anyone who loves to read. The book was about a young girl who was born in africa and then moved to London at about 17 or 18. she missed her family and friends. Her "owners" who promised to her parents they would give her a better life won't let her see her parents. She is abused, starved and feels unloved. She does fall in love with Boas but he has also been taken from Africa. He tries to convince her there is no point in going back and he tries to use his ove as a way to keep her with him in London.She has a plan leave London to go to Africa or stay where she is. I won't give away the ending but, it has an unusual twist.

I haven't interviewed anyone but I was thinking about interviewing the author of the book but I just can't find a way to get in contact with her. I will continue to look for her though. Maybe I can send a letter to the publishing company. I want to interview her because her boook reallly moved me. I think she is a fantastic writer and I really would like to meet her and read more of her books.

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Many countries are trying to help Africa with their water crisis. America has donated over 10,000,000 bottles of and has hundreds of volunteers to help out. Scientists believe that there may have been a lot of waste and probably bacteria in the water. They are trying to find a way to clean the water but this may take some time. People in Africa don't really believe that the water will hurt them and they drink it anyway. Also, some people are so desperate they really don't care they cant live without water and they need it. Some people also boil the water to clean it. **Scientists think this idea is ok but not 100% effective because some germs can still live but it is way better to boil your water than to drink it straight from the ocean.** I also realized that Egypt will rather own more bad water than share it and make it clean. This is extremely sad because it shows how people won't give up there pride to help others. I also have some links for this topic in the search. This topic was very interesting because i never thought life was so bad for some people. I also know that many people don't know about it because there was little links regarding the topic.======


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Emecheta, Buchi. //Head Above Water//. 86 edition. 7C. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1986. 229. Print.

Harare, Zimbabwe. "Water Pollution in Southern africa has gotten bad." //Water Pollution in Southern africa//. Gibbs Magazine, Jan 25 2007. Web. 26 May 2010. .

Heywood, Steven. "Water Aid." //Water Aid Diigo//. diigo, 24 Aug 2006. Web. 24 May 2010. .

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"World wise schools Water in Africa." //Peace Corps World Wise Schools Water In Africa About//. World Wise Schools, 2007. Web. 24 May 2010. .