The Politician Election

You're a politician from Afghanistan, who is going on a election campaign. The big question is going to be about the water scarcity and pollution. It's your first election campaign and you're pretty nervous. You have to get as many voters as possible, so choose your statements wisely. Do you want to proceed? [[Start the election speech|Go on stage]] [[ I am too nervous|End]]

You go on the stage. As soon as you stand at the front, you´re thinking of your first words. You start with your first point. Its about that 8 out of every 10 Afghans drink unsafe water. One reason for the problem are harmful bacteria from human waste contaminate water and make it unfit to drink. How do you wanna proceed? [[Go deeper into the subject.|Water pollution]] [[Go on to the next topic.|children in areas]]

Don't be so shy. Go on the stage NOW and win the election! [[Return to the beginning|Beginning]]

You go deeper into the subject and now you are talking about: Emerging contaminants include pharmaceuticals, hormones, industrial chemicals, detergents, cyanotoxins, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and nanomaterials. Your political party wants to reduce the pollution through... [[higher taxes|higher taxes]] [[less use of Chemicals in Farming|Chemicals]]

You are switching your topic directly to the fact that 93% of the country’s children live in areas with high water scarcity and vulnerability. You look at the crowd and everyone is looking straight at you. [[You´re too nervous to talk|End]] [[ You manage to keep calm and talk further|further children]]

The crowd is getting a bit angry about the higher taxes. Do you want to talk... [[about the taxes anyway|Taxes]] [[you switch the topic|Chemicals]]

One way to change the chemical pollution in the water is through better watertubes. This includes construction and repair of water pipes, well drilling and the installation of filter systems. [[Increase taxes to buy/build watertubes|Taxes]] [[Aks the United Nations to help you|UN]]

The crowd is getting angry. One Guy throws a tomato to your feet. They are becoming furious and the crowd throws tomatoes at you aswell. You run off the stage and tomatoes are hitting your back. [[You lose the election|End2]]

The crowd is very impressed for your example. They want instant help and they're thinking that this is a good solution for this problem, because the UN has the SDG 6, that says to make water clean again. [[ You did a great job|Finish]]

You won the election and you're going to be the hero of Afghanistan. [[Back to the start|Beginning]]

After you have regained your composure, you continue talking. The fact that by 2040, roughly 1 in 4 children worldwide will be living in areas of extremely high water stress is interesting for family in the audience. The mothers are really worried about the fact and want to hear more about that. [[You starting to calm down this situation and prevent any outrage|Family & water]] [[You asked the familys to calm down, because it will not happen soon and its not very bothering|Taxes]]

Your next statement is that in lower-income countries, poor water quality is due to low levels of wastewater treatment. This harms especially kids whereas in higher-income countries, runoff from agriculture poses the most serious problem. You use this fact to state your plan, to save the water and Familys, especially children. [[You want to make your plan the highest priority|Finish]] [[But a good economy sounds better|Taxes]]

You end up being hit in the face by a tomato. You're the laughing stock of the nation. Your party fires you immediately. [[Good Luck next time|Beginning]]