The Right for Human Rights
By: Brandon Ste.Marie
Tags: Vietnam, Healthcare, Clean Water, Human Rights

Around the world Human Rights are violated every day, ranging from the right to health care, to the availability of clean water. Human rights are basic rights that everyone all around the world are given from birth until death. When someone’s Human Rights or freedoms are taken it’s against the basic laws of human life. Three groups around the world where their Human Rights are being taken as we speak would be, the water crisis in South Africa, the right to healthcare in the US, and the starving in Vietnam. These are examples of places in the world where people are living in poverty without things that should be given to them on the basis of Human Rights.

In South America, over seven million people don’t have access to clean water within their communities. Most of these communities are pretty rural and far away from some of the more modernized developed cities and towns within South Africa. This is a violation of Human Rights because everyone has the birth right to have the accessibility of clean drinking water. Many actions have been taken to bring clean drinking water to all of south Africa, action like having fundraisers to build wells in underdeveloped rural communities, also to send water bottles etc. Many actions have been taken to reduce the number of communities without water in South Africa, and with these actions the overall number of people without clean water is slowly decreasing and getting better.

Why is the United States (US) one of the only “rich” countries left without universal healthcare? The US has the highest health care spending in the world, not only by citizens but also our government has some of the highest healthcare spending

in the world. Providing universal health care for all citizens could cut the country’s spending by 2–3 times. Universal healthcare is a basic Human Right because everyone all over the world should have the option of free health care, and the freedom to not worry about being able to pay for your health. Many actions are taking place as we speak to bring universal health care to the US, but we are most likely still years away from seeing this happen.

Over a million Vietnamese people are starving within their home country of Vietnam. This makes over 6 percent of families are under the poverty line, and are not able to support themselves. The government is doing little to nothing to try to help improve the number of struggling families. This goes against the basis of Human Rights because no one should have to worry about being able to eat, or have food. Many efforts are underway to improve the Vietnamese economy, which could bring more money to their people and improve the number of people in poverty.

These are only a few of the many violations of basic Human Rights happening all around the world. In time maybe people will continue to improve the many different ways of life and cultures that continue to oppress many different groups, and cultures that are without their basic Human Rights. No one should have to worry about things such as clean water, health care, or having food to eat. These are among the many basic things that should be provided on the basis of having Human Rights.