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=SANITATION IN LIBERIA=

It appears to the concern of Liberians, that the sanitation in Liberia is very low, and very unclean. Plus, adding the fact that in the capital of Liberia Monrovia has citizens where only one third of the population in Monrovia has access to clean toilets, and about 20 to 30 cholera cases per week. Failure in water sanitation can cleanliness from drinking water can cause Malaria and Diarrhea which kills 42% of the children under the age of 5. In one part of Monrovia, Clara town, have 70,000 people who have to share 11 public toilets and 22 tap water sinks, the country of Liberia itself has 19,690 toilets to share with the population of a rough estimate of 3.5 million people. There are people who make their own toilets, but these toilets tend to break down during the rainy season, due to the fact that the rain increases the pungent, and unattractive odors that leave many of these home-made toilets even worse than having no toilet at all. Visiting the toilet costs about 2.5 US cents a day in West Point of Monrovia, Liberia, making people who want to be sanitary even harder, because of the fact that monetary values come into factor. Plus, the young men who run the latrines of this public restroom, say about 500 people use this public restroom daily, adding the fact that these grounds of the inside of the restroom are filled up to 15 cm with newspapers soiled from people wiping their posteriors. Their are many other countries in Africa as well as the world that has sanitation problems and diseases caused by sanitation.

SOURCES: http://allafrica.com/stories/200911191046.html http://medilinkz.org/news/news2.asp?NewsID=25663

In my opinion, I believe it is disgusting and sad that the sanitation is so low. I am not criticizing the way people live or the sanitation of the people, I am saying that the government should provide more money and should ask for assistance from other neighboring countries and help clean up the sanitation problems, which are killing 42% of the children under five with Malaria and Diarrhea. These articles are relatively close in language, but statistics are viewed differently, and the second source, states a more powerful problem in Africa stating the problem should be solved immediately. Both very good articles, but I prefer the first article because, the first source has more overwhelming statistics and facts.