Resource 1: Problems of getting water

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• Long distances to travel to obtain water.
• Leaving younger children behind to get water.
• Pupils out of school to collect water.
• Is the water clean and safe?
• Size of containers to carry water and weight of water to carry over long distances.
• Time taken to obtain water stops people doing other things.
• The water collected may be contaminated by poor sanitation and animals’ use.
• Open to infection by water-borne diseases.
• Drought can restrict access to clean water.
• Lack of infrastructure e.g. pipes and storage containers to capture rainwater etc.
• Lack of systems to purify water.
• Lack of education about ways to use and keep safe natural water resources.
• No sustained access to water.