Fetching water is predominantly a girls' activity in Uganda. It's a wonder how this teenage girl manages to push home four jerrycans in one round. Images like these usually depict a male, youth water vendor. Photo by Lydia Mirembe/Triple-S Uganda
It is girl power indeed, but it comes with costs and there are no alternatives. She has to do what she is doing because chances are that there are not water sources near her home which requires riding a distance to get one. She is even lucky that she has access to a bicycle otherwise should would be walking the distance and therefore only able to carry 20 litres on her head and not 20 on the bicycle.
It is girl power indeed, but it comes with costs and there are no alternatives. She has to do what she is doing because chances are that there are not water sources near her home which requires riding a distance to get one. She is even lucky that she has access to a bicycle otherwise should would be walking the distance and therefore only able to carry 20 litres on her head and not 20 on the bicycle.
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