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To be included in the next 'Reflections' Journal

Previous journal entries in this series:
Vilanculos - Poverty & Paradise [link]
The Face of Africa [link]

Telephone lines run past a small village in the hills just West of Margate - a small town on the Kwazulu Natal coastline.
The irony of course being the marvel of technology, connecting people around the world, whilst communities like this have no immediate access to water supply. Their survival depends on a nearby river - a meeting place to also bathe & wash clothes - all from the same vicinity. (I know this because during my stay here I also ended up using the river to take a bath, whilst the women of the village washed their clothes on some nearby rocks & also carried away water)
Water is transported in any vessel capable of carrying on the head - a remarkable feat I have often witnessed though Africa - it is also mostly women doing the carrying.

World stats:
Presently, 1.1 billion people lack access to improved water supply and 2.4 billion to improved sanitation. Unless action is stepped up, the number of people who lack access to improved water supply could increase to 2.3 billion by 2025.

Kwazulu Natal May 1990
35 mm Negative

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Description
To be included in the next 'Reflections' Journal

Previous journal entries in this series:
Vilanculos - Poverty & Paradise [link]
The Face of Africa [link]

Telephone lines run past a small village in the hills just West of Margate - a small town on the Kwazulu Natal coastline.
The irony of course being the marvel of technology, connecting people around the world, whilst communities like this have no immediate access to water supply. Their survival depends on a nearby river - a meeting place to also bathe & wash clothes - all from the same vicinity. (I know this because during my stay here I also ended up using the river to take a bath, whilst the women of the village washed their clothes on some nearby rocks & also carried away water)
Water is transported in any vessel capable of carrying on the head - a remarkable feat I have often witnessed though Africa - it is also mostly women doing the carrying.

World stats:
Presently, 1.1 billion people lack access to improved water supply and 2.4 billion to improved sanitation. Unless action is stepped up, the number of people who lack access to improved water supply could increase to 2.3 billion by 2025.

Kwazulu Natal May 1990
35 mm Negative

COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©
Respectfully DO NOT use anything from my gallery for blogs, websites, myspace, face book, banners, designs, posters, cd's, books etc WITHOUT my written approval. My work is NOT stock
If you see my work being used, please e-mail me - bagend@iafrica.com
Please respect copyrights.