3 km swim overcome the 80-year-old woman with Sulawesi, to produce drinking water

The image of a village grandmother with a yoke, which sway heavy buckets of well water will no longer linked to your presentation with the labor catharsis, once you get to meet old women the jars from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. To descend, or rather to go get the water, women who are on average 80 years old, swim about 3 miles, towing a 200 plastic canisters.

Village Cinammon not too lucky — located in the humid Equatorial climate, it is, nevertheless, completely devoid of drinking water. It is situated at the mouth of the river, near the sea, and the water here is salty and undrinkable.

That is why the older women of the village, as most unemployed, had to travel 3 km swim up the river to get to places where no felt sea salt, and fill the canister of drinking water. Not to be penny wise not to swim here and there a few times, my grandmother immediately take 200 cans that I'm just dragging along. For each such run, not only exhausting, but also life-threatening, every grandmother gets 6.5 dollars.

Caravan cans, towed older women, impressive in its scope

Camping over water women travel small group, armed with air-filled car cameras

May the youth of the village considers fetching water some fun for old women, who were able to chat on the way about that saying Yes

You still believe that to bring a bottle of drinking water from the store to the door of the Elevator is working?