Amanzi

Here in rural SA, water can be a bit of a...pain in the butt. Typically, I have a tap in the front yard which is about a 50 foot walk, where I fetch my water from each day. But, more often than not, some authority who is unbeknownst to me , turns off the water for extended periods of time. In my village, we are going on 3 weeks without water. I've talked to some volunteers who have gone 3 months. There are a few responses to this issue--one is to buy a huge water reserve tank called a JOJO. These guys are great and can often hold us over until the water is arbitrarily turned on again. Though tend to be very expensive, so many people don't have them. Another response is what you see here in these pictures. A large truck with massive amounts of water will drive through the village once every couple of weeks, pours water into whatever available buckets you might have, and then peaces out. Today we spent about an hour filling our buckets, and carting them back into the house. Each bucket weighs a ton, and as I'm whining and complaining, Gogo just plops it onto her head and powers into the house. So much to learn.