Kweifio-Okai
August 19th, 1970 in Papua New Guinea (South Pacific) there was an eight-year-old African American girl named Abshi and this is her story. Abshi live was not an essay one, she had to make sacrifices for her family that no little girl should have to make. Her first eight years of life were great she did not have a care in her parents Sha and Isaiah loved her more than anything and tried to give her a childhood for as long as they could, but they knew at some point in time she would have to work instead of enjoying her childhood and they pray that day was far way. Their prayer last for these eight years till the day the dread could no longer but put aside. Abshi always knew from witnessing the other young girls in her village that she would
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Even though she knew this day was coming it did not make accepting it any easier especially when her six-year- old brother Elijah got to attend school, and have the childhood she longed for. However, with the recent water issue of not being able to find safe and clean water, due to this development Abshi and other village girls soon had a full time job trying to find safe and clean water access for their families. Kweifio-Okai, Carla. 60 percent of the population live without a safe water supply, has the poorest access to clean water in the world: The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff 03/25/16. According to the Why is Safe Water Essential? (video) This task became extremely important after some of the villagers became sick and some even dies due to diseases found in unsafe and dirty water they had been drinking or using in some way. Even though, Abshi, her village or the other villages did not know exactly what was happening to their water access, they did know that was going to have to change or they were all going to die from dehydration or a disease from water. Unknown to any country outside of the United States (because the U.S was the one who performed the poll) a poll was performed on safe and clean water access in other countries. The poll results according to Kweifio-Okai, Carla. The five countries ranked lowest for were
Even though she knew this day was coming it did not make accepting it any easier especially when her six-year- old brother Elijah got to attend school, and have the childhood she longed for. However, with the recent water issue of not being able to find safe and clean water, due to this development Abshi and other village girls soon had a full time job trying to find safe and clean water access for their families. Kweifio-Okai, Carla. 60 percent of the population live without a safe water supply, has the poorest access to clean water in the world: The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff 03/25/16. According to the Why is Safe Water Essential? (video) This task became extremely important after some of the villagers became sick and some even dies due to diseases found in unsafe and dirty water they had been drinking or using in some way. Even though, Abshi, her village or the other villages did not know exactly what was happening to their water access, they did know that was going to have to change or they were all going to die from dehydration or a disease from water. Unknown to any country outside of the United States (because the U.S was the one who performed the poll) a poll was performed on safe and clean water access in other countries. The poll results according to Kweifio-Okai, Carla. The five countries ranked lowest for were