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Christian Aid/Sian Curry
Pumping it up
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This pump, beside the Shashane River in
Zimbabwe, is pumping up water into a
drinking trough for cattle. Using 'sand
abstraction technology', riverside
communities build pumps that bring up
water from beneath seemingly dry sand
riverbeds with the help of the Dabane
Trust, so they have water all year round.
The annual dry season, when no rain
falls at all, usually lasts from April
to November.
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Christian Aid/Mary Grant
Dam brings life and hope
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The dam at Kaman, Mali, has brought life
and hope to the village. Rice is grown
in the river, and vegetables are
cultivated on the banks. They now want a
school in the village. 'We realise that
we have all this because someone was
educated and had the idea of a dam. Now
we want our children to be educated too,'
said Bize Timbelay.
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Christian Aid/Hannah Richards
No snow, no ski slopes, no water
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This glacial mountain range Chacaltalya,
Bolivia, used to be the highest ski
resort in the world 10 years ago with an
elevation of 5421 metres. In 2015 there
will be no snow left at all. In the
nearby city of La Paz and its suburb El
Alto, more than 2 million people get
about a third of their drinking water
from glaciers and snow capped mountains
like these. The glaciers have shrunk by
more than a third since the 1960s.
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Christian Aid/Hannah Richards
Hip hop about water & global warming
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Elena sings Hip Hop to raise awareness
about the right to water and climate
change. Here she is in front of a snow
capped mountain range outside of La Paz,
Bolivia, where millions of people rely
on water from glaciers. Those glaciers
have shrunk by more than a third since
the 1960s.
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Christian Aid/Sarah Filbey
Taking turns on the treadle pump
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A girl in Malawi works the treadle pump
that helps bring mountain water from
springs to the fields. Children have fun
taking turns to work the pump. The pump
is shared by a group of farmers growing
crops in the same area.
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Christian Aid/Sarah Filbey
Ex-fisherman grow rice
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Souleymane Diallo stands at the edge of
his irrigated rice plot in Mali.
Traditionally a fisherman of the Bozo
tribe, he found he could no longer
support his family with his fishing
catch. A decline in rainfall has
influenced a drop in the water levels of
the Niger river. Christian Aid funded
projects help fishermen in the village
of Mendje to irrigated rice plots and
teach them effective farming techniques
so that they no longer have to rely on
fishing for survival.
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Christian Aid/Mohammadur Rahman
Bangladesh at the tipping point
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Two degrees of warming - the tipping
point? Millions of poor people in
Bangladesh are already at the tipping
point with less than 1 degree of warming.
The villages along the riverbanks near
Mongla in south-west Bangladesh are
particularly prone to erosion as storm
winds get stronger and as rising sea
levels cause river swirls which eat away
at river banks. Climate change could
make this phenomenon worse putting many
more people at risk of displacement and
homelessness.
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