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People in Torit struggle to access clean water
The Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit is densely populated. Yet a proper water supply infrastructure or purification facilities are not available, leaving people with no choice, but to use unsafe water.
25.04.2024 | Torit
A crowded borehole in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State (22.04.2012).
Children in Torit - Photo: Arsenie Coseac
Most people in Torit use the water of the Kinaite, a muddy stream, to bath, to wash cars and to water life stock.
Others use the water from boreholes, but those are not maintained and therefore have a low level of hygiene as well.
Sudanvotes’ Ating Benson reports on the desperate situation in Torit and on how the local authorities try to address people's need to access clean water:
