Slum area health issues
Health is the thing which cannot be compromised at any cost. Health is anyone’s top most priority but due to our environmental conditions we suffer from many diseases which adversely affect our health. Residence or the area where we live affects our health the most. So it advised to live in clean and hygienic environmental conditions. But the children who are living in slums what about them? Children who live in the slums face many health challenges. They grew up with the unhealthy and unhygienic environment which may leads them to face various diseases.
The slum children live in the environment which lacks in sanitation, safe drinking water, proper garbage collection and proper drainage system. There is not proper space available for living which makes their childhood unhealthy. But this does not means that they don’t have their childhood. They have a different kind of childhood which is full of poverty, health issues, and lack of education.
Orphanage home in Chennai describes various health issues of slum children:
Ø They don’t get safe water. Water which is provided to them is contaminated and is unfit for drinking but these slum children are bound to drink such water which adversely affects their health causing many diseases. As water is one of the most important element of nature required for survival of any living thing so it is used by everyone but if it is unhygienic then it creates lot of problems.
Ø Space scarcity is another factor in slum area. People live in the houses which are so much crowded and have minimum space available to live within. In limited space proper air ventilation is not provided and the air which surrounds the environment is polluted due to the residential areas of slum. So slum children live in the area which is surrounded by garbage and where no proper cleanliness is done.
Ø Also slums children live in the poverty due to which they are not able to improve their situation and health issues. So it is our responsibility to create a hygienic environment all around which helps in avoiding health issues. Healthy minds lives in a healthy body so it is important to improve slum’s health condition by providing proper and hygienic environment.
You can also do this noble cause by contacting Udhavum Ullangal Illam.
