There’s things we take for granted that we shouldn’t. What are they?

  • Elaine Cortez ( Corno@lemm.ee ) 
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    2 years ago

    Having easy access to clean water. In sub-Saharan Africa for example, 300+ million people regularly risk disease and death just from trying to be hydrated

    • gramie ( gramie@lemmy.ca ) 
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      2 years ago

      Long time ago, I was a volunteer in Africa. The country where I was had experienced periodic droughts, and for a while I was able to get one bucket of water every two days, about 12 l. Cooking, drinking, washing, everything.

      It was a very unpleasant and enlightening experience.