Each day women all over the world travel to a distant water source and return, carrying filled jerry cans on their back. The treck is comprised of long hours and strenuous roads. While these women help members of their village survive, the sanitation and unavailability of water hinders them from living a life of actualization and empowerment.
Through Water.org women are getting much needed access to safe water and improved sanitation, at home. This series of photos documents life for women in our world, who have faced the water crisis head-on.
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- Before a community well was built in her village of Endasilassie, Ethiopia, Kinslahafti used to spend hours each day carrying water down a long road home. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- A community well provides fresh water to women living in Onaninga, Ghana. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- In Haiti, even getting enough untreated spring water is a colossal effort. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- It never rains but it pours. In Kenya, giant water tanks are a popular solution to inconsistent water supplies. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- Having a water tap at home is a relief, and for Gandhimery, her family and neighbors in a rural Indian village, preferable over walking 45 minutes to a local water source. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- “To me a good house means having a toilet and a water connection. We have made it our priority to build a toilet in the house.” -Tirotama from India. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- Divya and her new water tap in rural India. (Photo credit: water.org)
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- In Indonesia, access to water allows women to wash their feet before entering a place of worship. (Photo credit: water.org)
