The Woman Who Walked Thirty Miles for Water
In 2019, a severe drought gripped the Turkana region of northern Kenya. Wells dried up. Rivers turned to cracked mud. Journalist Abdi Latif Dahir documented...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 63:1-8.
In 2019, a severe drought gripped the Turkana region of northern Kenya. Wells dried up. Rivers turned to cracked mud. Journalist Abdi Latif Dahir documented how a woman named Mary Athieno walked thirty miles round-trip to the nearest functioning borehole, carrying a yellow jerrycan on her back under a sun that reached 110 degrees. She did this three times a week.…
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