Water Problems

Water Facts

Today’s water crisis is not an issue of scarcity, but of access. More people in the world own cell phones than have access to a toilet. And as cities and slums grow at increasing rates, the situation worsens. Every day, lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills thousands, leaving others with reduced quality of life.

• 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people 
• 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease
• The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns
• Poor people living in the slums often pay 5-10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people living in the same city.
• An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day

Children

Dirrahoea remains in the second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Nearly one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhea. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined

Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease

 

Diarrheoa is more prevalent in the developing world due, in large part, to the lack of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as poorer overall health and nutritional status

Children in poor environments often carry 1,000 parasitic worms in their bodies at any time

In the developing world, 24,000 children under the age of five die every day from preventable causes like diarrhea contracted from unclean water

1.4 million children die as a result of diarrhea each year

Environment

Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.

More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas

The UN estimates that by 2025, forty-eight nations, with combined population of 2.8 billion, will face freshwater “stress” or “scarcity”.

Agriculture is the largest consumer of freshwater by far: about 70% of all freshwater withdrawals go to irrigated agriculture.

Water in the News

Central Africa cholera epidemic: Over 40,000 cases—12-Oct

How fight against Guinea worm was won—8-Oct

Addressing Yemen’s water shortage realistically—6-Oct

Sanitation problems because of poverty, culture—5-Oct

Water crisis in two wards of Kolkata—3-Oct

Water map shows billions at risk of ‘water insecurity’—29-Sep

China moving heaven and Earth to bring water to Beijing—29-Sep

Haiti still waiting for pledged US aid—29-Sep

Poor sanitation breeds disease in Kenya’s slums—28-Sep

Millennium Development Goals need leadership—23-Sep

Maracaibo´s Restaurants

I visit restaurants at least once every fifteen days because i'm a fan of meat, and when I can visit new restaurants to compare the taste.

One of my favorite is Tony Roma's, i love to start with the Roma's Sampler is a trio of appetizers, Boness Bites, Spinach Artichoke Dip and Onion Loaf Half the signature matched with Bleu cheese dressing, salsa, sour cream and the Original BBQ dipping sauce. 

Then The Baby back ribs tender, lean pork loin meat, basted with TR's Original is my best choice. However recently visited a new restaurant called The Cebu, where they sell a delicious meat on a stick “meat on vara” and a wonderful aguacate salad I think both restaurants are excellent in quality and economics.

I also like El Gaucho, where we also prepare excellent meats and drinks, these are my favorite restaurants, where you get good meat and where you can spend leisure time with family and friends. Gaucho meats are all good, also prepare the meat on a stick, but I think I prefer that of Cebu. Whatever I think these are my favorite restaurants in the city of Maracaibo, where i can find the food i like and spend some time with loved ones.

My Highschool

I studied at the Liceo San José de Calasanz, located in the Sierra Maestra, I graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

My favorite subjects were biology and Sport. I was always very good at sports when I was younger.

My classmates were very nice and did a really good team, still keep in touch with several of them, especially through facebook, I miss those times

The teachers were excellent and very compressive. knew very well explain each of the classes, and knew how to encourage students to be better every day.

The school was great and had amazing green areas were the best 5 years of my life, taught me a lot to prepare for this challenge than the university.

Typical Foods of Maracaibo

Well, im going to talk about tipical food of my town!!! We have a lot creativity for cooking… maracuchos peoples are very good in the art of eat, and we use all our imagination for cooking, a lot of ours dishes are fried, that`s why macacuchos people are usually fat. we love all kind of food, but our tipical foos is our favorite in the whole world.

This are any examples

• Mandoca

I is a deep fried cornmeal ring that can be enjoyed while still hot, with butter and cheese. It is usually served at breakfast, and it is most popular in the western part of the country. It is made of corn meal, grated cheese, sugar or Papelón, Which is a kind of sugar made from sugar cane and a variety of banana known as plantain, that must be very ripe when used.

• Tequeños

Is prepared with a bread dough with white cheese in the middle. It is formed into a breadstick and then usually fried. It is one of the most popular snack foods.

New tequeño versions, made with beef, ham and cheese, chicken, spinach and cheese, milk caramel, guava and cream cheese and more 

• Patacones

Tostones from the Spanish verb tostar which means "to toast"  also called patacones, The dish is made from sliced green unripe plantains which are cut either lengthwise or widthwise and are twice fried. The slices of plantains are fried for 1-2 minutes on each side until they are golden in color and removed, then patted for excess oil. Afterwards, they are pounded flat with a utensil made for the task called a "tostonera," or any kitchen utensil that has a large enough flat surface. The plantains are then fried once again until they are crisp and golden brown. The Tostones are salted and eaten much like potato chips/crisps or French fries/chips.

• Cachapas

Are a traditional Venezuelan dish made from corn. Like arepas, Cachapas are popular at roadside stands. They can be made like pancakes of fresh corn dough, or wrapped in dry corn leaves and boiled, The most common varieties are made with fresh corn that is ground and then mixed into a thick batter and cooked on a budare like pancakes; the cachapa is slightly thicker and lumpier because of the pieces from corn kernels.

Cachapas are eaten with Hand Cheese, a soft, mozzarella cheese. Cachapas can be very elaborate, some including different kinds of cheese, milky cream, or jam. They can be prepared as an appetizer or a full breakfast, depending on the size

• Cepillao

Is a snow cone is a paper cone filled with crushed ice or shaved ice topped with flavored sugar syrup, many snow cones are now made bearing similarities to these balls of crushed or shaved ice. The delectable treat is now made with shaven ice and a sugar syrup and these terms are often used interchangeably. In Maracaibo are made af many flavors  and are topped with condensed milk

Fredy´s Profile

Hi, My name’s Fredy Romero Guerrero, I’m from Maracaibo. I live in Sierra Maestra. I’m 28 years old and I study Law at URBE. 

I have one big brother and other two youngers than i, I live with my whole family; my Mom, Brothers, nephews my grandmother and a couple of aunts.

We are a very close family, we spends all the time we can togheter.

I´m a fan of Sports, specially soccer, I watch all the games everytime I can; ESPN is one of my favorite channels, I also like be reported about news around the world; that is way I like be on internet searching for news on internationals papers; watching CNN and Telesur.

About English, im not really good in it. But im doing my best for learn about it, cause I know is gonna be a good tool on my future as a professional.

Well this is some information about me... I hope you leave me a comment!