Kids cool off near a water source in March 2007. Each day thousands of people in Sudan and in greater East Africa walk for hours through the dangers of the desert to collect water to drink. This water is often contaminated with parasites such as guinea worm, schistosomes and the dangerous cholera bacteria.

First published in the October 03, 2019, 10:07 p.m. edition

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