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Improving access to water in Afghanistan – in pictures

MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
One of the valleys in which Medair runs its water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes, near the the village of Talaqul in the province of Bamyan
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
Community members participate in a WASH meeting in the village of Talaqul, in Bamyan province Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
So far, the Medair projects have assisted more than 40,000 people by providing hygiene education, protecting freshwater springs, and building wells, latrines and standpipes Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
Collecting water in Bamyan province. Cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery are common in Afghanistan, and more than 20% of children under the age of five will die as a result of water-related diseases
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
Khadija's two grandchildren have lived with her since their mother left to marry another man after the death of her husband. A widow herself, Khadija is a beneficiary of Medair's vulnerable persons programme as she has no means of income or place of her own Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
A mother of six washes potatoes at her house in the village of Borlak Paein in Bamyan. Her husband's crop was badly affected by a prolonged drought and he has had to buy in a lot of food for the winter Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
A woman with her child, who is suffering from acute diarrhoea, in the district hospital in Panjob, in Bamyan. A hospital doctor had noticed that villages that have WASH programmes have much fewer cases of water-related diseases
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
Amin Abdullah, a disabled widower, in his home in a village near Panjob, in Bamyan. He is a beneficiary of Medair's financial support programme for vulnerable people, which has enabled him to pay off loans Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
A woman collects water from a stream in the village of Borlak Paein in Bamyan
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
A girl leads donkeys while her father stands on the plough behind in a village in the province of Bamyan. A prolonged drought means this year's harvest has been poor and many people are worried about having enough food to see them through the winter Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
Zaina, a widow and mother of six, is a beneficiary of Medair's financial support for vulnerable families Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
A young girl gives her goats a drink in the village of Borlak Paein in Bamyan
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
MEDAIR: Water and Sanitation ( WASH ) in the province of Bamyan Afghanistan
The valleys of Bamyan, where Medair runs many of its WASH projects
Photograph: Kate Holt/Medair
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