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The Gambia

These women are transplanting rice to the fields by the river. They will work from morning until evening for about two weeks until the transplanting is complete.
GM0101
Twelve year old Yusupha crosses a bridge on his way home from the rice fields. This river supplies the water for rice crops.
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Empty water containers near a pump enclosure are a very common sight all over Gambia.
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Boys and men enjoy brewing attaya (green tea, sugar, and mint in water). It is a time to relax and chat.
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The school secretary, Isatou Manneh, is washing the teachersı breakfast dishes at KerCherno Junior Secondary School.
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Students and a teacher are pumping water for drinking. The school pump is used many times each day to fetch water for drinking, washing, and cooking.
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These students are eating dugola, a corn-based porridge made with water, sugar and corn, prepared by the school cooks for the daily lunch.
GM0205
Adama Jallow and Sira Sonko, the schools cooks, clean the large pots used to cook enough dugola (a corn-based porridge) for the entire school.
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Three brothers - Alpha Sulay, Seriff, and Isatou ­ are preparing the beds where they will for the school garden. The students will grow the vegetables so they can sell them to raise money for various school actitivies.
GM0207
Teachers at Ker Cherno Junior Secondary School serve as role models to students by washing their hands before lunch.
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Binta Jallow is washing the glasses she will use to make attaya. This ritual of tea-making usually takes about two hours because the tea is made in several rounds.
GM0210
Fifteen year old Binta Jallow is making attaya (tea) for her family. This is a daily ritual for Gambians using green tea, lots of sugar, and water.
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Mamfatou Jallow, a student at the junior secondary school, washes her familyıs clothes. Washing clothes is a very important part of womenıs lives in Gambia.
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Seven year old Satou Kombe carries bath water from the well back to her home. It is amazing how much water people from the village fetches for bathing, cooking, and drinking.
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Women and girls like sixteen year old Nyorta Manjang fetch water every day, and fill the jibbidahs (clay jars) for the whole compound. Jibbidahs keep water cool for drinking.
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To take a bath in The Gambia you need to fetch your own water, even if you are a small child. Eight year old Abisatou Sallah is going to bathe with the water she is bringing back from the pump.
GM0217
Thirteen year old Cherno Jallow tends his sheep. Animals in The Gambia need water every day to survive.
GM0218
Because there are no electric pumps or watering systems, farmers must bring their drinking water with them. Baba Jallow will take drinking water he is pumping to the fields for the hard-working farmers.
GM0219
After the cows return from the bush, the farmers take them to the pump to drink. The drinking trough seen here holds the run-off water from the pump.
GM0223
Ibrimah Dico stands on top of an overturned canoe in the River Gambia which supplies fish, crabs, and clams to the Gambian people.
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Ibrimah Dico poses with the River Gambia behind him. All along the river, there are mangrove trees with protruding roots.
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Today, fourteen year old Nene Jallow pounds rice and peanuts to make churrah gerte, rice porridge. Usually the women pound millet, a staple grain, building great strength as they perform this task.
GM0232
This goat sneaks a sip of soapy water from the laundry area of this compound where women do the weekly wash.
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Binta Jallow pours water into her wash bucket as she prepares to tackle the piles of clothes before her.
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