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  • Once a day a large bowser delivers the district's only source of clean water. Women fill large plastic drums with water, which they will carry back to their homes. The water will provide all their families' water for cooking, cleaning and sanitation, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • Once a day a large bowser delivers the district's only source of clean water. Women fill large plastic drums with water, which they will carry back to their homes. The water will provide all their families' water for cooking, cleaning and sanitation, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • Muna Thapa collects water from a ground source water pump outside her village home. This water has not been treated and whilst it can be used for irrigtaion, it may not be safe to drink. However, it does provide a source of water that Muna can put into the biosand filter.
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  • Manjali Hasda drinks clean water from the biosand water filter at her home in  Sharanamati Village, Nepal
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  • Clean water helps children stay healthy, which means they are less likely to need time away from school, so their education improves. Providing clean water has important knock-on effects.
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  • And most homes in this rural, Nepalese community do. Radhika Murmu drinks water from a biosand water filter inside the doorway to her family home.
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  • Muna's biosand filter is inexpensive, easy to maintain, does not require electricity and provides a reliable source of clean water for Muna and her family.
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  • Ever smiling, Parbati collects water for her biosand filter from a communal hand pump.
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  • Lukhi Ram, an employee at the biosand water filter factory, is preparing the containers which will sit in the top of the biosand filters. Water can be collected from any source and poured into the orange containers, from where gravity will pull it down through several layers, killing 99% of bacteria inthe process.
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  • Meera, a young woman living in the slum, carrying buckets filled with water back to her home, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • Muna Thapa fills the biosand filter with water collected from a ground source pump. Gravity will draw the water through a biological layer, then through layers of sand and gravel, removing 99% of bacteria in the process.
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  • Meera, a young woman living in the slum, fills buckets with water from a standpipe, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • A woman emptying, sorting, crushing and removing the labels from plastic water and soda drink bottles before organising them for recycling, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • A girl holding a plastic cup of water outside a schoolroom, SALT Ministeries Orphanage Home and School, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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  • Whilst many of us take it for granted that clean, uncontaminated water will pour out of our taps, it's not something that Radhika could be sure of without her family's biosand filter.
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  • A woman pumping water from a standpipe in the street outside her home, Jote, Shibrampur, Kolkata, India
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  • Bisnu replenishes the biosand water filter outside her family home in Sharanamati Village.
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  • After dinner, Asmita drinks water from her family's biosand filter.
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  • A young woman carrying plastic bottles filled with water in a bucket balanced upon her head, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • Meera, a young woman living in the slum, carrying buckets filled with water back to her home, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • A schoolgirl standing in a classroom, holding a bottle containing clean water
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  • A schoolgirl standing in a classroom, holding a bottle containing clean water
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  • Before dinner, Chandramani Karki and Rajes Thapa wash their hands in the water from a biosand water filter. Educating families about the importance of hygiene and sanitation ensures that they can make the most of their clean water supply.
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  • Muna Thapa carries a bucket of water across a rice paddy near her home. Water from the ground source can be used for irrigation, for livestock and to replenish the supply in the family's biosand filter.
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  • A schoolboy washing his hands with clean water in a Splash sink
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  • Two schoolgirls washing their hands with clean water in a Splash sink
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  • Cheerful Manjali Hasda in the doorway of her village home.
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  • A girl washes her hands with clean water in a Splash sink
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  • In the morning, Tara Dahal helps her daughter with her school uniform in the family kitchen. A biosand filter allows Tara to wash fruit and vegetables with uncontamintaed water, allowing her to be confident that her children are far less likely to become ill.
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  • Radhika tops up the container at the top of the biosand filter.
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  • Factory workers, Dhanamumi Murmi and Anjan Dahal ,maintain one of the basic moulds, from which biosand filters are constructed. They are two of only half a dozen employees who run the factory and are responsible for building all the biosand water filters for the local area.
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  • Radhika's kitchen is simple but effective. A gas hob, a few spices and clean water, courtesy of the CAWST biosand filter.
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  • A schoolgirl holding a bottle containing clean water raises her hand during a class
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  • Elected Member, Laxmi Tamang, and President of the Shree Khanideri Sanokishan Krishi Sanakari Women's Co-operative, Nirmala Tamang, in conversation, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Srijana Phuyal and her 18 month-old daughter, Riya in the doorway of their home, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • A member of the Shree Khanideri Sanokishan Krishi Sanakari Women's Co-operative and a young girl, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • A new latrine under construction beside a house, currently being rebuilt after being destroyed in the 2015 earthquake, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Children walk through a village currently being reconstructed after being almost completely destroyed during the 2015 earthquake, Okharpauwa, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • 25 year-old Sapana Balami working as a labourer, carrying building materials, with her four year-old daughter, Aanchal Balami, Okharpauwa, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Dhanamumi Murmi mixes the cement that she will use to construct the biosand filters. The materials required for the construction of the filters are readily available, inexpensive but very resilient.
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  • Meera, a young woman living in the slum, cleans the floor of the family home whilst her mother sits on the bed, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • Manju and Saleena Lama, two children from local families where rebuilding work is taking place after the 2015 earthquake, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Members of the Shree Khanideri Sanokishan Krishi Sanakari Women's Co-operative hold a meeting outside a store in the centre of their village, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • 25 year-old Sapana Balami and her four year-old daughter, Aanchal Balami, now have access to a latrine near their home, Okharpauwa, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • ENPHO staff lead a community training programme, teaching the principles of sanitation and hygiene., Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Dhanamumi Murmi cleans and sorts the gravel that she will use in the biosand filters. A gravel layer elevates other materials above the outlet pipe, ensuring that it is kept free flowing.
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  • Local ENPHO staff member, Radhika Ghamire, teaching four year-old Rhythm Phuyal the technique for effective hand washing., Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • A home construction nearing completion in a village which was almost completely destroyed during the 2015 earthquake, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Removed from their moulds and freshly painted, the biosand filters and sacks of sand and gravel are loaded onto a trailer, ready for delivery and installation.
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  • A schoolboy cycles past the biosand filter factory on his way to school in Sharanamati. The factory can be reached via a sandy road. It requires no electricity and no more than a light shelter to provide workers with some protection from the elements.
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  • Grandmother Laxmi Phuyal tends to the fire where she cooks for her family. The fire provides heat for boiling and frying all the family's meals, which often include rice, lentils, curry and vegetables., Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Srijana Phuyal and her 18 month-old daughter, Riya inside their home, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • President of the Shree Khanideri Sanokishan Krishi Sanakari Women's Co-operative, Nirmala Tamang, Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • Local ENPHO staff member, Radhika Ghamire, teaching local mother of two, Srijana Phuyal, the technique for effective hand washing., Kakani, Nuwakot District, Nepal
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  • A schoolgirl writing a mathematical formula on a blackboard in a classroom, Sursuna High School, Sursana, Kolkata, India
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  • Before school begins, girls play on swings in the school playground
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  • A boy in a primary school class holds up his class work
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  • A schoolgirl kicks off her shows as she arrives for class
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  • A smiling schoolgirl sitting at her desk in the classroom, Borisha High School, Bahela, Kolkata, India
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  • Dwellings alongside the waterfront in the Korail "slum" district
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  • Girls studying in a primary school class
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  • A young woman wearing a pretty dress running barefoot through an alleyway, Tangra slum, Dhipi, Kolkata, India
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  • A group of schoolgirls laughing and posing for a photograph outside a classroom at their school, Sursuna High School, Sursana, Kolkata, India
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  • A group of schoolgirls laughing and waving to friends outside a classroom, Sursuna High School, Sursana, Kolkata, India
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  • A girl writing in a notebook during a primary school class
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  • Girls dressed in school uniform attend a class
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  • Girls dressed in school uniform attend a class
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  • A boy jumping and laughing in front of clothes lockers with bright, colourful doors, ACODO, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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  • Boys studying in a primary school class
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  • Girls studying in a primary school class
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  • Children looking out of a door and a window from inside a school classroom in a "slum" district
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  • A boy runs across a bridge at the entrance to a "slum" district
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  • Dwellings alongside the waterfront in the Korail "slum" district
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  • Girls dressed in school uniform attend a class
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  • A ferryman rowing a boat on the river Ganges in the early morning, River Ganges, Varanasi, India
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  • Empty ferryboats moored on the river Ganges at sunrise, River Ganges, Varanasi, India
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  • A Hindu Sadhu meditating in the cross-legged lotus position beside the banks of the River Ganges at dawn, River Ganges, Varanasi, India
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  • A ferry boat crossing the Yamuna River at sunset, Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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  • A ferryman rowing a boat on the river Ganges in the early morning, River Ganges, Varanasi, India
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  • Reflection of the Taj Mahal in the water of the Yamuna River at sunset, Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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  • Sunlight reflected in the turquoise water beneath cliffs with a view along the coastline, Chapman's Pool, South West Coast Path, Swanage, United Kingdom
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  • Pink and green lotus flowers water drops for sale in the flower market, Pak Khlong Talat, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Reflection of a group of tourists in a courtyard pool of water, Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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  • Following violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters, four people died. The funeral of a policeman took place the next day, during which family, friends and colleagues observed traditional bathing rites, pouring water onto the deceased's hand.
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  • In the morning, Batjarjral Tulge and his family rise early and begin the day's chores; milking cows and mares, caring for the goats and sheep, fetching water from the stream and preparing food for the day's meals.
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