Kenya

Kenya: Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. There GDP in total is $71.427 billion compared to our $914.482 trillion. They are the 30th most poor country in the world and Australia is the 12th richest country in the world. From Sydney, Australia to Nairobi, Kenya is 10595.85 km. The land area (sq. km.) in Australia is 7,682,300 in Kenya is 569,140 Australia is 13 times bigger than Kenya. The average life expectancy:

Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |

Kenya | 47.98 | 47.49 | 47.02 | 45.22 | 44.94 | 47.99 | 48.93 | 55.31 | 56.64 | 57.86 | 58.82 | 59.48 |

Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |

Australia | 79.75 | 79.87 | 80 | 80.13 | 80.26 | 80.39 | 80.5 | 80.62 | 81.53 | 81.63 | 81.72 | 81.81 |

There are three essential needs in our world which are; food, water and shelter. While Australia is strong with 95% of the people having access to clean water and only 1 in every 200 homeless according to a census in 2006, Kenya's numbers are not nearly as sufficient

Water in Kenya:

Residents of Kenya are starting to get a few local taps, but in today’s society, that isn’t enough. Many people are still collecting dirty water from streams, this is because water doesn’t fall in an equitable area, and as such, people can pick up disease from this source. These diseases include diarrhoea and cholera, which cause thousands of deaths each week. These sources are also going to run out from the result of continuous droughts. To make matters even worse, Kenya does not have modern sewage or sanitation systems, so most of the water distributed isn’t clean, so the faeces and water mix.

Water in Australia:

While Kenya is struggling, Australia has just come out of a century long drought, and is even coming up with rules to ensure our future’s well-being. The...