Men drawing water from desert well with camels in background. West Africa

Man using water irrigation in paddy

Chadian refugee woman irrigating vegetable plot in wadi during the dry season.

Women filtering water to prevent guinea worm a parasitic disease contracted when contaminated water is consumed and which can infect stagnant water.West Africa

Camels at waterhole near Zinder.

Woman filling water containers at standpipe in Somali camp.

Labourer using hand tube well to irrigate land.

Man constructing irrigation channels for cultivated plots.

Women collecting water at hand pump.

Women collecting water at irrigation pipe.

Woman operating treadle pump irrigating rice fields.

Woman using treadle pump irrigation beside paddy field.