Going to get a pale of water takes hours in Bulape. I saw lots of little Congolese Jacks and Jills, today. They were all going down the hill through the woods to get some water.
Most of the children passed us going down the hill. They were racing and playing on the way to the water source. A few women were going to get water, too. The path through the woods were heavily traveled. You could not get lost because you only had to follow or keep up with the children with the empty water buckets, pales, and jugs in their hands.
Just before you got to the water source, you had to go down a very steep hill on the side of a field next to the woods. It is about a 60 degree slope.
Then you went through some more woods until you came to one of three capped springs in the area. They were all done in 2008. Two capped springs were done by the Bulape Health Zone and one by a Canadian sponsor.
Once they filled their water jugs, buckets, or pales, it was time to make the long uphill trip back to the village. They were no playing or racing back to the village by the children. It was all serious and hard work!
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