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Independent: Imagine that, instead of turning a tap, you had to walk more than 10 miles every time you wanted water. And that you then had to descend into a crumbling pit dug in a dry riverbed, to scoop out dirty water with your bare hands, knowing that it could make you and your family sick.
In the drought-stricken areas of Africa where the charity Practical Action works, this is the fate of thousands of village women. They are also at risk of rape, attack by wild animals -- or, in Sudan's Darfur region,......
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The IoS Christmas Appeal: Solar power frees thousands from risks of search for water
Posted by Independent: Raymond Whitaker on December 19th, 2010
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