Friday, March 18, 2011

World Water Day 2011

A photo blog highlighting the importance of clean water in Angola and other developing coutires with poor water infrastructure. All these photos were taken in Angola druing two visits in August of 2007 and July/August 2009.

Near Dondo, girls return home with water

In Huambo, young people arrive at a well to find that it has run dry.

In Lepi, Huambo province, children return home with precious water from a clean spring outside the town

Kids fill their waterbottles at the source of a baptismal tank at Bongo Mission, Huambo province.


The Oluluvila near bongo mission, running at it's lowest during the dry season


A young man washes his motorcycle at the edge of the Oluluvila, Bongo Mission, Huambo Province.


Irrigation canal from a diversion dam on the Oluluvila near Bongo, Huambo province.

These yong boys show off their cans and bottles of water. Fortunatly, clean water is available on Bongo Mission, Huambo province.

 Workers dig around the main water line supplying Bongo Mission. My dad and I travelled to Angola to help repair the water system there in 2009.


These rocks are used as a laundry area for the locals. The rocks are worn smooth.


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