FLOW, for the love of Water

Privatization
So today in science, we watched a video called Flow, for the love of Water. It was about clean drinking water in the world, and especially in the poor countries and how they struggle with clean water. In the poor countries that were in the video, the villagers were saying that some of the big water companies had bought out their chiefs, but they themselves could not be bought.

The companies that privatized the waterways that these people were using, promised the villagers that they would provide them clean drinking water, but these were only verbal promises, and none of them were put on paper, so no one could make the claim on the promises that they were given.

In some other cases, the people were told to move off the land that they had been living on for many generations, so a dam could be built. The villagers said they had no choice, they were told, and they weren't allowed to move their graves either.

It was very sad and it was very unfortunate and unfair to the people, and when they moved, their lives became much harder than they were before.

In another case, a village was told they could not use the water they were using, because it was not theirs.

In my opinion, no one owns water, and no one should be told they can't use it because its not theirs. Water is a natural resource and in some places, it can be very hard to find, and so I think it should be shared equally.