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UNFAIR DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES

Resources in the world are distributed differently amongst different people. The developed countries are granted with more resources than the developing countries such as countries in Africa. They have to of thrive on the resources of their own countries, most of the time they have no resources at all that can be useful. North Korea has a lack of food and because of that they support their families by eating grass, while the people with power and wealth get sufficient food and clean water. In Africa people have to bathe, drink and use the washroom in the same river. E Coli and other harmful bacteria are also in these rivers which makes them sick and surprisingly the diseases that kill those people can easily be cured in Canada and other developed countries. Not only that, but they have a lack of water, no electricity and proper health care. Some of these people have never even of electricity or a computer. These people are living like the people in the olden days. This is all because of poverty and their lack of wealth and power. All of these tragedies are now to be practised as unfair distribution of resources.

Water is a form of life. Without it, survival would be impossible. So how would the world react if this vital resource were depleted? Currently, 97.5 percent of the Earth’s water is salty with only 2.5 percent left as fresh water. We are lucky to be in Canada and have many fresh water lakes and facilities to clean our water from impurities .People in Africa have very few fresh water sources. These people cannot afford clean water so they drink from filthy rivers with their own feces. Over 2 million children die each year from impure water and diseases that can be cured with the right medicine. Statistics say that people regardless of age, wealthy or poor need at least 20 litres of clean water each day. These tragedies only happen to poor people because of their shortage of wealth and power. Many of them have to

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