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In Kamwinzi Village, Kenya, the clean water shortage affects every aspect of daily life. Local women must travel great distances to dig up water from the dry riverbed, and infections like bilharzia—caused by parasitic worms carried by freshwater snails—remain a constant threat. In this excerpt from
Our Dream of Water, see how one community of women came together despite their adverse circumstances. Through recreation, education, and entrepreneurship, this coalition of strong women build each other up to remain hopeful for the future.