This lady thought it was hilarious that I was taking a photo of her pumping water. What was just a daily chore to her was a foreign concept to me. Water is such a precious commodity that is so easily taken for granted. I can’t imagine having to pump it daily and then carry it home on my head. Can you?
I went to Uganda to capture the stories through photography of what God is doing there through Adonai Partners.
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If followed your journey with some interesst for a while now. I remember having to pump water at my grandparents, they only had running water in the house, but would use an old well to water the livestock (not much just a bit of this and a bit of that) - the neighbours who had a lot of cattle would walk them two times a day to the village well to drink there - but that all changed some years back.
Great documentation and reminder of how easy it is in our parts of the world.
When I lived in Bolivia kids used to come to our house begging for water. There wasn't a public place for them to get water. Tiny kids dragging heavy water containers just like the ones in your picture. Heartbreaking - all the more because houses around ours turned them down.
These are great pictures. I can't even imagine the normal tasks these women do each day that I wouldn't even think about having to do just in order to have water and be able to do things around their home.
Those ladies are hard core! Thanks for sharing a piece of their world with us.
I can not imagine either. Amazing.
Love her smile as she pumps! It is such a different world.
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