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    • Water Well

    • Water Well

    • Water and sanitation

    • All water for drinking and other domestic purposes in a typical West Pakistan village comes from open wells like the one in this picture.
    • Agency Photos
    • Grocer's Shop

    • Grocer's Shop

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • The rush of customers at the grocer’s shop. All merchandise is kept on the floor of the store in gunny bags or tin containers. The customers are served standing outside the store on the street.
    • Agency Photos
    • Feed-chopper

    • Feed-chopper

    • Agriculture

    • An average Pakistani farm usually has a hand-operated feed-chopper. The two boys on the left are working the chopper while the man at the right feeds sugarcane tops into the machine.
    • Agency Photos
    • Mud as Construction Material

    • Mud as Construction Material

    • Construction

    • Mud is the basic construction material in the villages. This mud wall of a house is in need of repair. Such work is usually postponed until the harvesting or sowing seasons are over.
    • Agency Photos
    • Outdoor Class

    • Outdoor Class

    • Education

    • There are no desks in village schools. Classes during winter are held outdoors in the sun where the children can squat on the warm ground comfortably.
    • Agency Photos
    • Canal

    • Canal

    • Construction; Water and sanitation

    • Pictured is one of the more than 70 years old canals in West Pakistan, which was originally dug to irrigate the dry lands. The underground seepage of water through these canals, however, slowly raised up the sub-soil water table to the root area...
    • Agency Photos

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