Delegate: Jennifer Ochoa

School: International high school

Country: Indonesia

Committee: World Health Organization

Topic: Providing Clean Drinking Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

The delegate of Indonesia recognizes the issue with providing clean drinking

water in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most developing countries have contaminated water and

because of their currency, potable water is very hard to maintain. This has become very

common in urban areas, where the rapid population growth is putting pressure on the

provision of services and the health of poor people. But Sub-Saharan Africa is still our

main concern; it is estimated that about 80% of people live without access to an improved

drinking water source. We have all gathered here as one to come up with a plan to put a

stop to this issue and help out those nations in need.

Water and sanitation conditions remain very poor in most areas of Indonesia,

resulting in high rates of water-related diseases, especially among children. Every year, at

least 300 out of 1,000 Indonesians suffer from water-borne diseases, including cholera,

dysentery, and typhoid fever. Yet with this being a big issue, the provision of clean

drinking water has unfortunately not yet been taken up as a serious development priority

in Indonesia. Indonesia very well recognizes that not having access to clean water is a

major issue seeing that over 100 million people lack access to safe water and more than

70 percent of the country relies on water obtained from potentially contaminated sources.
 As all nations have gathered today to search for a solution to this issue, Indonesia

has some ideas of its own. Indonesia suggests that healthy school programs are started in

Sub-Saharan African schools so that word is spread about the consequences of drinking

water that is not clean. We all know this process won’t be so easy seeing the conditions

with poverty in these areas so not only does Africa need advice but also support from all

nations economically. With the more support there is, the easier it would be to fund a

kind of program that will provide with the creation of wells all over these areas. The

wells would need to be spread evenly so that it helps all those in need. These are just

some suggestions; the rest would be up to the rest of us since help is in the hands of all

nations.
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