Water! So Important that Leonardo Da Vinci once called it “The driving force of all nature.”
Ever notice how lifeless a house plant looks when you forget to water it? Just a little water and it starts to look happy and lively again. This is exactly what water does to us too.
When I read the fact that our bodies are made up of over 70% water, our blood more than 80%‚ our brain over 75%‚ our livers an amazing 96% and what more, water is also contained in every cell of the body, I had an obvious question. If we are so full of water, why are we told to drink 8 glasses of water every day?
The answer is simple. Water is used up in almost every important function of the body.
Regulating our body temperature needs water as it dissipates excess heat and cools our bodies. And how important is this function? Only as important as not getting a heat stroke or fever!
Removal of waste from the kidneys needs water as all the waste needs to be dissolved in water. So what would happen if this waste is not cleared out? Well, we will then need to know what would happen when there is any damage to the kidneys!
Lubricating of joints and the spinal cord requires water. Can we be bothered by that? It depends! Can we be bothered if we have to wail with pain every time we want to bend or move our hands and legs?
We even need water to breathe as our lungs need to be moistened to be able to respire. I don’t think we need to ask how important being able to breathe is. But if we still want to know, we can just stop breathing for a few seconds and check! :)
We can go on and on about how water is helping our entire body in performing all the functions we don’t even think about every day and we are sure to find more and more. But I think we all agree that to live healthier lives we need to drink more water.
So, all we need to do is turn on the tap and pour a glass of water. Right? Well, not if you are one of those people who is living in a place where water, instead of being a basic human right, is actually an item of luxury.
Knowing how each of the functions of our bodies can start collapsing if we don’t drink enough of water, shouldn't water be an easily available commodity?
How unfortunate is it then, if for such a basic need, you need to do miles and miles of walking, line up in a long queue and wait for hours for your turn to come up. You then have to haul that heavy can of water back home and walk those long miles again. And does it end there? Of course not! This could just be the first of your several trips, on that day, to get water for you and your family.
This month I would like to donate 30$ to the charity “Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti” who has been empowering the rural power of Thar Desert in india since the last 25 years. Since its origin, the charity has been assisting people there to achieve water security and uses the majority of its resources to this end. One of their projects is building of water-collection tanks, to ensure easy, continuous access to water for 700 families living in 10 remote villages in Rajasthan. By helping resolve the problem of water, the charity indeed helps the people live healthier lives.
Link to the charity website
Link to the online donation link
water is indeed a noble cause to donate in India.
ReplyDeleteIt is multifaceted problem issue in rural and urban India,from making it available to making people aware about its judicial use.
Thank you mama!
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