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Children on newly-built sand dam

Sand dams provide a year-round source of water so people do not have to spend long hours during the drought season collecting water from far away. The water is much cleaner, having been filtered through the sand and protected from parasites, so children are less likely to get ill. Instances of typhoid and diarrhoea are virtually eliminated.

 

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Uploaded on November 5, 2009
Taken on August 24, 2005