Stunning and vivid images of Olympic rowers joining two sisters as they fetch water in Uganda’s Kigezi region. The British silver medalists learn of the difficult trek that the girls, Doreen and Jouvllet endure twice daily. Because Uganda’s rainfall is unpredictable and the safety of most water sources there is questionable, this two-hour journey for drinking water is vital and necessary.

Key Takeaways:

• In Uganda’s mountainous Kigezi region, safe water is scarce, forcing many children – including sisters Doreen and Jouvllet – to spend hours each day carting supplies up steep terrain.
• Now they each carry 20 litres of water on a 2km climb twice daily
• Rowing silver medallists at the 2012 Olympics, brothers Peter (right) and Richard Chambers joined the girls on their journey to fetch water.

“Barely half of Uganda’s population has access to sufficient safe water.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2016/aug/15/olympians-fetching-water-uganda-british-rowers-peter-richard-chambers-in-pictures