Fouré Moussa stands, balancing a large plastic container of water atop her head, while (background, left-right) her husband, Moumouni Alassane, and five children sit nearby with the family’s donkey, in the village of Bara Bangou in Niger. With them are four large plastic containers bearing a combined total of 80 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily for cooking and drinking. During the rainy season, they use ponds created by rainfall to wash dishes and clothes. Ms. Moussa fetches water from a borehole that is two kilometres away and serves over 400 families; to avoid long queues, she goes at night. It takes her 30 minutes to walk there, plus another 15 minutes for every container of water she needs to fill. Courtesy Unicef

Amal Al Hoshan stands with her children in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Next to them are 15 large plastic containers bearing 300 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily. Installed outside their home is a Unicef-provided water tank that holds two cubic metres of water, available for the entire street to use. “People who live in houses use less because a house is clean,” says Ms Al Hoshan. “In the camp, it is dirty and dusty. We need to clean a lot. My baby doesn’t sleep on a mattress, for example; she sleeps on the concrete floor because it’s cooler.”

Courtesy Unicef — Amal Al Hoshan stands with her children in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Next to them are 15 large plastic containers bearing 300 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily. Installed outside their home is a Unicef-provided water tank that holds two cubic metres of water, available for the entire street to use. “People who live in houses use less because a house is clean,” says Ms Al Hoshan. “In the camp, it is dirty and dusty. We need to clean a lot. My baby doesn’t sleep on a mattress, for example; she sleeps on the concrete floor because it’s cooler.” Courtesy Unicef

Photographer Ashley Gilbertson and his wife, Joanna Gilbertson, a baker, stand next to their son, 6-year-old Hugo Gilbertson, who is holding the lead of the family’s dog, Olive, outside their home in New York’s West Village. Around them are 50 large plastic containers bearing a cumulative total of 1,000 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily. 100 litres are used for flushing their toilets, 300 for showers and baths, 200 for washing their hands, faces and dishes, 80 for running their dishwasher, 100 for washing clothes, 50 for drinking and cooking, and 150 for watering their garden or cleaning their house.

Courtesy Unicef — Photographer Ashley Gilbertson and his wife, Joanna Gilbertson, a baker, stand next to their son, 6-year-old Hugo Gilbertson, who is holding the lead of the family’s dog, Olive, outside their home in New York’s West Village. Around them are 50 large plastic containers bearing a cumulative total of 1,000 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily. 100 litres are used for flushing their toilets, 300 for showers and baths, 200 for washing their hands, faces and dishes, 80 for running their dishwasher, 100 for washing clothes, 50 for drinking and cooking, and 150 for watering their garden or cleaning their house. Courtesy Unicef

Rhoda January holds 2-year-old Tamadani January in the village of Chikosa in Malawi. Behind her are her two other children: (left-right) 8-year-old John Banda and 12-year-old Kosalata Banda. Around them are five large plastic jugs bearing a combined total of 100 litres of water, the amount the family uses each day. Forty litres goes to bathing, 20 to cooking and drinking, 20 to washing clothes and another 20 to washing dishes. They draw the water from a recently installed borehole; previously, their water came from shallow wells. “The water was really bad,” said Ms. January. “Sometimes, you could see the germs with your eyes. We were supposed to add chemicals to clean it, but we are so poor we couldn’t afford it.” Courtesy Unicef

Abdulrahman Mohammad Abu Noqta, a former lorry driver, stands outside his family’s home in Za’atari refugee camp. Near the family are 19 large plastic containers bearing a cumulative total of 380 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily. They purchased a water tank, now installed outside their home, that pipes water into their bathroom and kitchen. Camp authorities refill the tank every five days. “We’re very economical with our water because we don’t have enough,” said Ms. Abu Noqta. “We’re afraid that, some day, we will not have water because, sometimes, the water trucks go on strike.” Courtesy Unicef

Hasan Abu Ibrahim stands with his family in the desert, near the Jordanian city of Umm Al-Lulu. They are standing with 10 large plastic containers bearing a cumulative total of 200 litres of water, the amount the family uses daily for cooking, drinking, and washing clothes and dishes. The lorry nearby contains the 7,800 litres of water used daily for their 700 sheep. The family, members of the Bedouin ethnic group, move from place to place in the desert, following access to water and food for their herd. The family usually draws the 8,000 litres they require each day from a water salesman in a nearby town and use the lorry to transport it to their camp. Courtesy Unicef

Not a precious drop of water to waste

James Langton

United Kingdom

November 22, 2015

English
Arabic

Water is something we take for granted. It flows from our taps or is delivered to our doorsteps in those familiar blue plastic, 19-litre bottles.

Not so for much of the world. This year, American photographer Ashley Gilbertson spent a month recording water supplies to families in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Gilbertson was working with the children’s charity Unicef, which says that this year 663 million people still have no access to proper sources of drinking water.

The issue is a glass that is either half full or half empty, depending on the perspective.

While the target for safe water under the UN’s Millennium Development Goals was met by 2010, 2.4 billion people still lack proper sanitation dependent on a proper water supply.

Gilbertson’s travels took him across Latin American, Asia and the Middle East. In some instances the only water supply for families was restricted and polluted. Perhaps the most shocking discovery, though, was on his own doorstep.

Photographing his own family’s requirements in New York, Gilbertson discovered that with his wife and young son, they used 1,000 litres a day, including 80 litres for the dishwasher – or as much as a family of seven in Niger.

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At a glance

Global events: Much of the UK’s economic woes were blamed on “increased global uncertainty”, which can be interpreted as the economic impact of the Ukraine war and the uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year

Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month

Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30

Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse

Defence: New high-tech weaponry, upgrading HM Naval Base in Portsmouth

Housing: Housebuilding to reach its highest in 40 years, with planning reforms helping generate an extra £3.4bn for public finances

2025 Fifa Club World Cup groups

Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami.

Group B: Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle.

Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica.

Group D: Flamengo, ES Tunis, Chelsea, (Leon banned).

Group E: River Plate, Urawa, Monterrey, Inter Milan.

Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns.

Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus.

Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg.

Real estate tokenisation project

Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.

The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.

Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.

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Fly it within visual line of sight
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Based: Dubai, UAE

Sector: Entertainment/Streaming Video On Demand

Number of employees: 125

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UAE v Gibraltar

What: International friendly

When: 7pm kick off

Where: Rugby Park, Dubai Sports City

Admission: Free

Online: The match will be broadcast live on Dubai Exiles’ Facebook page

UAE squad: Lucas Waddington (Dubai Exiles), Gio Fourie (Exiles), Craig Nutt (Abu Dhabi Harlequins), Phil Brady (Harlequins), Daniel Perry (Dubai Hurricanes), Esekaia Dranibota (Harlequins), Matt Mills (Exiles), Jaen Botes (Exiles), Kristian Stinson (Exiles), Murray Reason (Abu Dhabi Saracens), Dave Knight (Hurricanes), Ross Samson (Jebel Ali Dragons), DuRandt Gerber (Exiles), Saki Naisau (Dragons), Andrew Powell (Hurricanes), Emosi Vacanau (Harlequins), Niko Volavola (Dragons), Matt Richards (Dragons), Luke Stevenson (Harlequins), Josh Ives (Dubai Sports City Eagles), Sean Stevens (Saracens), Thinus Steyn (Exiles)

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