For many, water scarcity isn’t just a statistic; it’s a lived reality. Women wake before dawn to fetch water, children miss school to help their families, and entire communities rely on unreliable ...

One day, their mother Kunti was thirsty but found no water source nearby. She asked her sons to fetch water, but they were unsuccessful. Kunti then instructed Arjuna to arrange water. Using his ...

Sheikh, who used to live nearby, would pass by her house frequently, and stopped that day, saying he wanted to drink some water. A police official told TOI, "When she went inside the house to fetch ...

Before going to school, learners wake up as early as 4:30am to fetch water in Mabilingwe village in north-east Limpopo. They pull up to six 25-litre containers on trolleys along the D3708 road to ...

Her arms were so restricted she was unable to perform simple daily tasks like putting on a dress or fetching water. At school, she struggled to do things other children could easily - like run, play ...

Growing up, Chee would fetch water from an artesian well next to a creek at the bottom of the ravine to help his grandmother or his neighbors. "I was taught to get water at a young age when my ...

"Studying isn’t a priority for hungry people. We are vulnerable people fighting for enough food, and children help to fetch water for the family. Studying is a priority for people who have all ...

Currently, residents in the area where one of the wells is being drilled rely on nearby creeks for water, which dry up during prolonged dry seasons, forcing them to fetch water from distant sources.

As you stroll through the village, you hear children as young as four years old, youths, women heading to the river to fetch water and even the vendors selling fresh vegetables, all speaking French.

Reason being the village is reportedly facing a severe water crisis and for the past two months, villagers have been struggling to fetch water from a deep well – one of only two wells in the ...

“Women and children, especially in remote areas, are the most affected, walking long distances to fetch water often at great personal risk,” Murombedzi said. “This is unacceptable in a ...

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the water challenges faced by several municipalities across the country are not an issue of water supply but a result of infrastructure damages.