Walking For Water

• Photographer
  Shyamala Thilagaratnam

This village in the dry Turkana region had no piped water.The young women walked miles daily to the nearest watering hole to collect water for the village.They did so with much joy,the little ones imitating their sisters. Occasionally the men had to dig deep to find water;the women,often with babies in tow, then filled containers to be shared with animals & family alike.On my last evening,as the sun set,we met 3 girls returning to the village with their water. They happily posed despite their heavy load. We were returning to camp where we had to walk only a few steps for our own water supply.