Water Quality Situation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pitch: By building wells and installing filtration systems in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia it provides communities with clean and safe drinking water in their everyday life. This Project will take place in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa that has a population of over 3,384,569 million people. Ethiopia is one of Africa's most popular cultural destinations with the population of over 73 million people living there. The project will consist of volunteers going to Africa and installing wells and filtration system in communities that are in need. You will be staying in a nearby village and working around the small communities. I will be sending 5 volunteers every month for 1 year to ensure we can get all the essential systems and wells installed and the work that needs to be done to the communities involved.
This project means a lot to me because i feel that everybody has the right to have the ability to drink clean water. I want to help the people living in Addis Ababa by providing them with wells, and filtration systems so they can have the clean water that i have. My goals for this project are to install as many wells, and filtration systems as I can afford in the time period that I'm in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Another goal i have is to ensure that i put a smile on as many family's as i can with just a little thing like clean and safe water.
Impact: Once this project is up and running this will start to benefit the world by providing country's that are in need of safe and clean water. Also the opportunity to have safe drinking water for the communities in Africa. This will not only help out Africa it ail help out Canada because this shows how much us Canadians take having safe and clean water for granted.
Feasibility: I plan to start this project in July 2014 and have the project run up to July 2015. I have asked Unicef to help support this project financially and United Rentals to provide the essential machinery needed. I have asked a professional athlete to donate funds and come down to Addis Ababa and see what we are going to accomplish in the long run. The Starting price of the project will be $200,000 to ensure we have the essential resources to get this started, and additional costs will be funded by Unicef.
How much Will this Project cost?
10x Wells = $70,000
10x Filters = $500
1 Small Bulldozer = $180,000
1 Medium Excavator = $40,000
Transportation = $20,000
Grand Total = $210,500
Last Points: Only 34% of the population has access to an improved water supply. 21% of the population has access to adequate sanitation services. 56 Million lack of safe water. 67 million have no sanitation services.
About Me: Hi, my name is Dante Sorrentino and I'm 15 years old. I currently attend Bill Crothers Secondary School and in grade 10. I play hockey for the Toronto Royals AA, I play lacrosse for the Caledon Bandits. I enjoy listening to music and playing video games. I live in Woodbridge, Ontario.
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This is a great blog Dante! Your topic is very relevant to the world issues, I love the pitch and critical need parts because you demonstrate a great background knowledge of the issue at hand and you have great statistics to prove what you said. The feasibility of your project is also very reasonable making it possible for any person the complete this project. Great Job!
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ReplyDeleteI found this blog to be very interesting. This issue had very good statistics that made me realize how important it is for people to have clean water. The font and colour text was very interesting in a way that I enjoyed reading it. Overall great job and good luck with your mission.
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