Lesson 37 of 84 · Globalization
⭐ 30 XP🌍 World StageClean Water for Everyone
About 2 billion people lack safe drinking water.
🎯 Your mission
Find the connection between here and somewhere far away.
⚡ The twist
The news only shows you one slice of the world at a time.
Mind = Blown
🤯 More people speak English in India than in the entire UK and US combined.
Then & Now
🌐 This is on the news right now somewhere on Earth.
About 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. Clean water projects — wells, filtration systems, and rainwater collection — save lives and allow children to attend school instead of fetching water.
Key Facts
About 7,000 languages are spoken on Earth.
The UN has 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations has 193 member nations.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2How many Sustainable Development Goals does the UN have?
Why this still matters
Pick any product in your home. Trace where it came from. Be amazed.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Read one news headline and ask: who is helped, who is hurt?
For the dinner table
“What's one problem you wish the whole world would work together on?”
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Clean Water for Everyone
Find the connection between here and somewhere far away.
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