Water is one of the most important resources for life. All living creatures need water, and without it there simply is no life.

Growing up in a rural village in India, my mother used to tell me stories of her family going to the local well to pull up buckets of water. Many times she would describe how her family got sick because of stagnant water or other problems with the well. Reflecting on my own American convenience and how effortless it is to obtain clean water made me question the fairness of life. Why is it that one part of the world struggles so hard to find something so necessary for life, while another region thinks nothing of it? Similarly, my father who was born and brought up in Lagos, Nigeria explained to me on many occasions how precious clean water was in the land he grew up. Many people would frequently fall sick from contaminated water and would be daily in the search of clean water. Here in America, the vast majority of us don’t think twice about where we can obtain clean water because the infrastructure and democracy allow for such convenience. Overall, reflecting on the preciousness of water has made me realize that a constant effort must be made to help individuals globally in dire need.