access to healthy water

I chose this topic, as I had an unforgettable experience when I was 10 years old. I was ten, and I went to Qingdao, a coast city in China, with my parents for traveling. I had a fist sip of the water there and I spilt it out of my mouth straight away. It was not the water that I normally drank before. I did not know why and I refused to drink any water after that. Now, I know that water was from the sea, and it was not perfectly purified. I went back to Qingdao again maybe five years ago, and I had my go to taste the water again. This time the strange taste has gone. I know the water standard has been improved in this area and people have had the access to the clean water. Because of my own experience, I pay more attention to this health issue. The unhealthy water would cause long term consequences. Contaminants in water are more likely to cause chronic health effects - effects that occur long after repeated exposure to small amounts of a chemical. Examples of chronic health effects include cancer, liver and kidney damage, disorders of the nervous system, damage to the immune system, and birth defects. On Christmas, I went to Philippines,

they have plenty of water resources, but they do not have enough fresh water resources for the whole nation. On the way from city to city, I could see children and women are carrying the buckets with them to go to the certain spot to gather  fresh water for the family use. They do not have the tap water going on at home. If they want to have fresh water, they have to go and collect it with the buckets.

My current job is a kindergarden teacher, I used to isolate my mind in my classroom to think how to benefit the children in my class. Now I know there are more children in the world that they do not have the access to go to school, and they even do not have access to a healthy life style. What I can do by myself might be a little, but I can do as much as I can to think of and help those children who do not have access to the clean water. 

Reference:

 Sandra A. Zaslow and Glenda M. Herman Health Effects of Drinking Water Contaminants