Many struggles are surfacing in countries all around the globe, but one region, in particular, Indonesia, is struggling with water especially. Amid the pandemic, countries probably wished that they had at least managed to get one extremely important thing under control before the outbreak of a pandemic, and that’s an efficient water supply to all residents living in their countries.

Indonesia has always been a country in need, but now lacks access to household water and sanitizing facilities, including household toilets. Since this is the case in not only a few countries but many across the globe, it is difficult to fix something that seems as simple as providing all the residents of a single country with at least access to household water and proper sanitation. A lack thereof is raising the risk of infection of the coronavirus, the pandemic everyone is dreading in 2020.

A Lack of Basic Human Writes for the Poor

Even though Indonesian households have been struggling for a long time, the struggle has only been highlighted recently due to an increased risk of infection of the pandemic. As a response to the pandemic from the Indonesian government and the World Health Organization, residents have been urged to practice increased hygiene, including frequent hand washing, isolation, and physical distancing. However, given that Indonesians live in close proximity to one another, it does not even seem reasonable to tell them to follow these rules. There are countless barriers that residents face when it comes to hand washing, with one-quarter of surveyed residents, had reported having no place on their properties to wash their hands.

This is especially the case for those who are living more remotely in the region of Indonesia, as moving away from the cities means being more deprived of basic human rights, water, and sanitation. Currently, a large number of people need to go outside to wash their hands and sometimes have to share the same soap and water, making the spread of Covid-19 inevitable. Today, there are still at least 13% of residents in Indonesia that do not have access to soap for washing their hands, and with poverty increasing, the number is sure to rise.

 

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