Water

This is going to be really short, but one thing that comes up over and over again almost anywhere you go in Peru is access to water. Diarrheal diseases are among the most common reasons people visit health centers in any region of Peru. And they are all linked to access or lack of access to clean drinking water. The lack of sanitation in many places also does not help. Anyway, it seems like an obvious thing to notice, but it’s just not a problem we have to deal with much in the states and it’s such a problem here and it seems so unfair. It’s 2009 and there are so many people with access to safe, clean water. If this problem isn’t fixed, the other one won’t go away. Although the government does work on water issues it is mainly a problem that local governments have to address and most aren’t effectively for many reasons. Got to get people clean water.