Vaal, South Africa, 2021: Pupils are also victims of the lack of service delivery presented by the Emfuleni municipality, young people are faced with a series of hardships making it difficult for them to continue with their normal day to day lives .
Vaal, South Africa 2021: Children wake up in the early hours of the morning to roam around looking for a place with running water.
Vaal, South Africa 2021.Some of these kids travel more than 1km to get water. One Matric Pupil in the area expressed how excruciating and exhausting it is to get water and later study for his final examination.
Vaal, South Africa 2021: A group of young girls helping each other out during a 4 day drought that affected the area.
Vaal, South Africa, 2021. The issue with water has impacted the young people immensely as they now have to adjust to always being concerned about whether they will have running water or not, children from the ages of 5 years, are now subjected to carrying 10 to 30 litres of water for more than 20 to 30 minutes.
Two siblings help each other out as they struggle to get the wheelbarrow off the road into the sidewalk.
The younger ones often acompany their brothers and sisters, keeping sight of what the older ones are doing.
Vaal, South Africa, 2021: A boy holds a water bottle while his friends stare in excitement
