She’s not able to breast-feed because she is undernourished herself and not producing milk. She is only vaguely aware that this water could be the cause of her baby’s chronic diarrhea. She fills a zippy cup with contaminated river water that smells of cow’s urine. Because she is afraid of snakes and hyenas, she runs to the river to fetch water – but she must walk home due to the weight of the jerry can on her back and the child tied to her chest. Sanantei now has a small baby to care for and household chores of her own. As is sometimes the custom when a girl is no longer in school, she was placed in an arranged marriage by her father in exchange for a dowry of goats that will help provide for his younger children. Sanantei had to drop out of primary school to help her mother with chores. The sale of honey would provide school fees for her children.Įxperience Everlyne’s Day in the video to the right.
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Her dream is to be free from fetching so she has the time to contribute to her family’s needs in other ways – such as participating in a women’s co-op for bee-keeping. Her hands are sore and swollen from their stings. She must compete with swarms of bees that also come to the river in search of water during the dry season. Everlyn is exhausted from collecting water, in addition to her other household chores like searching for firewood, preparing food and caring for her children. This will barely be enough for cooking and drinking for the day. She makes this trip several times every day because she can only carry 40 pounds of water strapped to her forehead at a time. Everlyne will walk over 6 miles to the river today, spending 7 hours fetching water for her family – even more during the dry season when she must wait in a queue to climb into a hand-dug well to fill her 20-liter jerry can.
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