Abidjan
In the tiny concrete courtyard bordered by three bedrooms which she shares with two other families, Awa Bamba, 37 years old and three children, trumpets whoever wants to hear it: "We want water at home!" In the district of Gbamnan Ddjidan 1, planted in the commune of Yopougon, west of Abidjan, it is 9 am sharp and here it is already busy organizing its basins, between the stove and the damp linen hanging above of his head. You have to go and supply the household . A cluster of children clinging to her pink loincloth, she leaves, an old can of oil under her arm and holding her big daughter with the other hand.
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In its report published in June 2019, UNICEF estimated that one in three people in the world does not have access to safe water. In Côte d'Ivoire, this figure is estimated at more than three in ten inhabitants. Here, we are not even talking about running water arriving in household taps but simply a quality water point at a reasonable distance from the place of life.
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