Today I started researching topic ideas and I came across waterborne diseases. This is a problem world wide and account for over 3 million deaths each year. Waterborne illnesses are a big problem in developing countries that do not have access to clean water. When these countries get hit with illnesses such as cholera, typhoid fever, and many other diseases over 4 million people are affect and half of them die. Sadly 90 percent of these deaths are children under the age of five.These disease can be prevented simply by having access to clean water. You may be thinking, "well why should I care? This problem doesn't affect me." If you are thinking that then you are right, it does not directly affect you, but put yourself in their shoes. If you, your friends, and/or your family are dying every day and there is nothing that you can do to stop it, wouldn't you want some one to help? Would you want to put an end to these deaths are caused because of lack of clean water? I know that I would. The truth is there are ways to prevent these diseases, but now the question is how do we get these supplies to developing countries and all of the other countries that are affected.