life. add water.

today, i continued my rounds of vaccines pre-malawi and only got 1: hepatitis a. the process is fairly good in that i am always required to read an information sheet before receiving the vaccination.

hepatitis a: is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by Hepatitis A virus, which is most commonly transmitted by the fecal-oral route via contaminated food or drinking water.

wait a second. fecal-oral route? at first i was a bit shocked. how does that happen? how can that happen? but then i actually thought about all the knowledge i've been gathering on clean water solutions. in developing countries where a water hole is shared by one or more villages, animals, and development, how could this not happen?

water is scarce is developing countries, forcing any water to be communal. the water that you bathe in, that animals clean themselves in, that garbage is dumped, is the same water which is drawn to suffice thirst.

pause.

it's not fair. so what can i do? what can you do? support charities that give 100% to clean water solutions such as charity:water. come up with an innovative solution like lifestraw. other than that, i dont know. which is the hardest part. personally, when i think, watch, and read about clean water problems, i get this feeling in my stomach and this anger in my heart. it's not fair.

is hepatitis a something that you have to worry about every time you take a refreshing sip of water?

i know you can't wait. but i promise i'm going to help. help others help and think of new ways to help myself.