Soutout, Takat, and Aminata (all aged 9) bathing after fetching water for their families. Sept. 2005.

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These girls are bathing in pond water contaminated by human and animal waste. As a result, they may suffer from various parasitic illnesses obtained by showering with pollut water. They are nonetheless thrilled to wash themselves in the pond given that they often spend the nine month dry season without a single bath.