Around the world, women and girls are being held back by having to walk 5km or more for water every day. Their hopes for the future are impacted as they miss out on paid work or school.
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Walk for girls like Angeline, 13, from Taranty Bas, Madagascar. Every day, she collects water from the Taranty River two or three times, carrying heavy 20-litre jerrycans or buckets on her head. The weight causes pain in her neck and head, and the trip is exhausting and risky. The steep, uneven path to the river is covered in sharp cacti and it’s hard to stay on her feet and avoid the cactus spikes. The river water often contains mosquito larvae that can spread malaria.
With clean water nearby, Angeline could spend her time at school instead of walking for hours each day.
Walk for women like Asha, a 27-year-old mother of three, who has to walk nearly two hours each day to collect water from the Dumal River in Ethiopia. Sometimes her children fall ill with diarrhoea because the water isn’t safe to drink.
Asha knows life would be very different if they had access to clean water: “It’s very challenging but what can I do?”.
With clean water nearby, Asha’s would be free from this daily struggle, and her family could thrive.