1. Water for Life

2. What’s there to say about water?

3. In my drawing I am…
Water is really important to me because:
Here is a drawing of me using water
I am happy to have safe and clean running water because…

4. It is my job to take our cattle down to the water point to drink.
Water is really important for me because…
Alhassan, 13
In Niger sometimes the rains take a long time to come. Why could this be a problem?
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5. There were floods, so we are living here until we can move back home
There were floods, so we are living here until we can move back home. I help out by cleaning the drinking water tanks.
Having the drinking water tanks here after the floods is important because…
Why do you think Oxfam installed this drinking water tank after the flood?
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Ibrahim (15)

6. This is where everyone in the village comes to get water – I come here to get water too. I drop a bucket down and pull it out. My whole family uses the water I collect.
It is really important for me to collect water here at the well because…
In Niger sometimes the rains take a long time to come. Why could this be a problem?
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Aissa Hassan (13)

7. We are all 11 years old and in year 6
We are all 11 years old and in year 6. Today it is our turn to leave school to go and collect water from the river – it is 1 km away. All the children at school will use the water that we collect.
It is really important to collect water for everyone at school because…
It takes a long time for children to collect water during school time. Why do you think this might be a problem?
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We are all called Fati - Fati is the name given to the first girl born in the family and we are all eldest girls!

8. It is useful to have water at school because…
Today at school some girls from year 6 collected water for the whole school. We take it in turns to collect water from the river because there is no pump. We use it for lots of things like washing our hands.
It is useful to have water at school because…
What difference do you think it would make if there was a pump at the school?
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Children from Doga school

9. We are all 11 years old and in year 6
We are all 11 years old and in year 6. After school we come to the river to collect water for our families. Our families use the water to cook, clean and drink.
It is very important for us to collect water for our families because …
The water from the river is not always clean. Why do you think this might be a problem?
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We are all called Fati - Fati is the name given to the first girl born in the family and we are all eldest girls!

10. It is really important for me to water the crops because…
I help by watering the trees and the crops. I get the water from the well. When the crops are grown we harvest them for food.
In Niger sometimes the rains take a long time to come. Why could this be a problem?
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Girl, Bani Bangou Garden