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World Water Day…

It was yesterday…

And these photographs were taken 1/4 of a century ago.

I wonder if things have changed that much…

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MALI. Gao. 13/02/1987: Man drinking water from well. BURKINA FASO. Tin Akoff. 6/03/1985: Filling guerbas with water at a pond close to the malian border. BURKINA FASO. Koro. 23/03/1985: Women carrying water on a 25 minute walk through rough terrain from the well to their home. NIGER. Tillabery. 8/12/1985: Water level of the Niger stream. MALI. Bia. 20/12/1985: Schoolchildren watering a vegetable garden. The benefit of the sales of the vegetables will serve to buy schoolmaterial and teach the children to diversify their food habits. SENEGAL. Saint Louis. 30/01/1986: Catch of the day by fishermen. NIGER. Goube. 27/01/1987: Way of transporting the water jars. MALI. Tondiby. 3/02/1987: Women taking a break when replanting rice in the irrigated perimeters of a cooperative managing a potential of 30ha. MALI. Tarhara. 9/02/1987: Tombs of four men who died digging a well. MALI. Tin Fadimata. 2/03/1987: Cleaning of a well in unstable terrain. The walls will be reinforced by corrugated iron sheets.
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