These pictures are not posed! On the weekend before Christmas (already a distant memory) we experienced THE BIG DROUGHT. A power line fault had brought the pump at the dam to a halt and the water tanks at the hospital ran dry. For nearly 48 hours we had no water at all - either at the hospital or at the accommodation. So this is a genuine fetching-water-after-work picture. Our eyes were opened again to the hardships our patients experience as part of daily life. Not only is it a huge job to fetch water everyday, but the quality of the water was horrendous! We were extremely grateful when the water returned on Christmas Day (though for the accommodation complex it was another 72 hours wait as a valve had been closed by "someone who is against us"!)
Submitted by Ben
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