Short Film: How Water Gets From The Nile To Thirsty Refugees
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the civil war in South Sudan and resettled in Uganda. This 12-minute documentary shows the daily struggle to get water.
"Water was the biggest thing," says journalist Tim McDonnell of the scene at the refugee settlement of Palorinya in northern Uganda. Since December, 146,000 South Sudanese have crossed the border, fleeing the violence of the civil war. And without enough water to drink, they would quite literally die.
He'd see them line up each day with their jerrycans to get. And it has to cover drinking, cooking, washing up and other sanitation needs. By contrast, an average family in the U.S. goes through .
