Polluted waterways and water shortages complicate the fight against Ebola in the DRC

In Ndrele, a commercial center in Ituri with nearly 40,000 inhabitants, there is virtually no access to safe drinking water.

Children leave home at 5:30 a.m. to fetch water for their families and often spend hours doing this activity.

They usually don’t return before 11 a.m. or noon. “It’s a serious problem, and it’s the […]