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 All About Kenya

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There are many causes to why Kenya is in a water crisis. The main reason why **people of Kenya do not have access to clean water is due to economic water scarcity**. Fifty percent of the people live in poverty. In addition Kenya is facing natural hazards. These hazards include recurring drought, flooding during rainy season, and volcanism. Kenya is also having environmental issues. The environmental issues are water pollution from urban and industrial wastes and degradation of water. Kenyans al so face danger from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers, soil erosion, and poaching as factors of clean water. Sixteen point four to seventeen million Kenyans lack safe water. People are trying to do different things to help with the water crisis. Water.org supports a country- wide Water Credit initiative with four microfinance institutions in urban and rural areas. These programs provide a variety of water and sanitation products to fit the needs of households like rain water, harvesting tanks, water connections, shallow wells, pumps, VIP latrines, septic tank, and biogas toilets.

All about geography **Kenya is located in Eastern Africa, Boarding the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania.** Kenya’s coordinates are located (100 N, 3,800 E) on earth. There is a total of 580,367 square miles that is part of Kenya. It is the 49th largest country in the world. The amount of Kenya’s land area is 569,140 square kilometers. This makes up 98% of the total area of Kenya. When added together with the total of water area which is 11,227 square kilometers. Only 2% of Kenya’s total area is water. **Kenya’s climate** **varies from tropical along coast to arid in the interior**. Low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west for the terrain. The amount of arable (farmable) land is approximately 9.5%of the total land area, or 54,000 square kilometers. The amount of permanent crops is approximately 1.12% of the total land area or 65 kilometers.The rest of the land use in the category other is 89.4% The amount of irrigated land is 1,232 square kilometers. The total population of Kenyans is 45,010,056. The languages that they speak are English, Kiswahili, and numerous indigenous languages. Kenya’s birth rate is 28 births/ 1,000 populations. Kenya’s death rate is 7 deaths/ 1,000 populations. **43.4% of Kenya’s population lives below the poverty level**. About **40% of the population does not have access to safe drinking water, and about 70% do not have sanitation facility access.** More over Kenyans face food and wateborne diseases. These diseases include bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever. As well as a water contact disease called schistosomiasis.
 * Total Renewable Water Resources: 30.7%
 * Freshwater Withdrawal:
 * total- 2.74 cu km/yr
 * per capita- 72.96 cu m/yr
 * Access to water and sanitation also contribute to time savings for women, more hours in school for girls, and fewer health costs.
 * . Water, sanitation and hygiene related illnesses and conditions are the number one cause of hospitalization in children under age five