No Water, No Hope

In the Azawak, a vast plain on the edge of the Sahara, a little rain falls during two months of the year. For the rest of the year, there is no water.

Imagine scooping water from a muddy marsh. Then imagine that source of water drying up.

The children of the Azawak spend their time searching for water.

Amman Imman means Water is Life. For the people of the Azawak, their hope rests on water.

Humanitarian organization Amman Imman: Water is Life is responding to the request of the people of the Azawak: "Please bring us water."

http://www.ammanimman.org/

Photos courtesy of Ariane Kirtley
Music courtesy of Etran Finatawa, "Maleele", a healing song.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• amman
• imman
• ariane
• kirtley
• azawak
• children
• etran
• finatawa
• water
• drought
• desertification

[VraiDiouf]

@80dagonz no, if anything it is our government in many African countries that have failed us especially in the Sahelian Saharan region.

[80dagonz]

Do you really think so? I think it just shows a problem that should concer all the world, not only the people that live there... I think it makes us... the rest of the world look bad.

[lamidoren]

You make us look bad but one thing you are right about is Diam Walla in our Fula (Fulfulde) tongue (supply us with water).