Enid lives in a village called Rwibale Moja in Uganda, a country in East AfricA. Since her husband died three years ago, she's brought up six children on her own.She grows bananas, beans and corn on her farm.
Enid and her children walk four miles to collect water from a natural spring(泉水), and it can take them over three hours.When the spring dries up each year, they walk even farther.They spend the daylight hours walking the same dirt path to fill their containers with unsafe drinking water.
All six children are attending school.When Enid needs help with the water during the dry season, her children miss up to three days of school every week to collect water from faraway ponds.
"They have big dreams.I can see them in their eyes, so I keep them in school as much as I can, "Enid said. "They give me so much hope."
The money Enid can make from her farm is only $21.29 every harvest season, and the cost of treatment(治疗) for water﹣related diseases is always more.The doctor at the local clinic treats her children on credit(赊账), knowing that Enid will pay as soon as her next harvest is ready.
The medical costs from the polluted water have put Enid in mounting debt(债台高筑).Safe water can change everything for her family.