Foure Moussa travels the 2km to the nearest borehole at night to avoid long queues. Photo / Unicef
Foure Moussa travels the 2km to the nearest borehole at night to avoid long queues. Photo / Unicef
World Water Week kicks off this week as global leaders and experts discuss water issues around the world.
This year's World Water Week, held in Stockholm, Sweden, will focus on water and sustainable growth.
The campaign states 1.8 billion people are without safe water.
Photographer Ashley Gilbertson captured these photographsof families in developing
The Malenga family, in Malawi, uses 120 litres of water each day and say their community's health has improved since moving from a shallow well to a bore. Photo / Unicef
René Visalla (third from left) and his family, indigenous Guaraní living in Bolivia, use 140 litres of water a day.
Rene Visalla (third from left) says running water and a toilet have made life much safer for his family as they often encountered snakes while relieving themselves in the bush. Photo / Unicef
He said running water and a toilet have brought his family safety, including from snakes in the bushes, where they once relieved themselves.
In Malawi, the Malenga family uses 120 litres of water each day.
"We used to draw water from a shallow well. It wasn't clean like the borehole we draw from now. We got diarrhoea, and some members of the community got cholera," Malenga said.
The Syrian Abu Noqta family, who are living in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp, need 380 litres of water daily, including to stay cool amid brutal temperatures. Photo / Unicef
The Esteban family lives in District 7, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Bolivian city of El Alto.
The family use 100 litres of water daily.
"The most important thing in my life and my home is water. Without it we don't have life," Esteban said.
