When you want to water your lawn or your garden, where do you get the water? You walk connect your hose to the near water faucet. Probably your water faucet is within 50 feet of the area that needs watering.
In the Congo, there is no water faucet nearby. So where do you find the water for your garden? In rural areas, your water source could be 3-5 miles away. It would take over an hour to walk to the water and more than an hour to walk back.
The lack of water forces farmers to grow crops only during the two rainy seasons. And, since crops are not stored, food shortages routinely occur during the two dry seasons.
