1 Teesha takes a drink of cold, clean water. She is surprised at how good it tastes. In her village in Africa, she often did not have clean water to drink.
2 Teesha is ten years old. She lives in Nigeria. She used to collect water from a ditch near her home. The water was brown. It had a funny smell. Teesha's name means "alive and well." But the bad water often made her feel sick.
3 Many families in Africa have to walk for miles to get water. They get water from streams. They get water from lakes. They use this water for cooking. They use it for baths. They use it to wash clothes. The water is not clean. The bad water makes people sick. They can get diseases. They can get typhus. They can get cholera. They can also get malaria. Teesha's own brother died from cholera. He was only six years old. Teesha's mother cried for many months.
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