Our previous water source, a hand dug pond, had dirty water and would dry up during the dry season. Consequently, we were walking long distances hunting for water. My wife and young children have been relieved from the burden of walking long distances hunting for insecure water....

It is not unusual for people in rural villages to travel seven miles or more to fetch water from a nearly dried up river bed. Whatever amount of water they find is distributed among all the neighbors and the elderly in the village.