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TUNISIA-DROUGHT/ Tunisia, a country in need of water
Augustin Le Gall / Le Pictorium
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A woman draws water from the spring in the village of Ouled Nasr for her daily needs.
Ouled Nasr is an isolated rural village of 220 families in the El Haouerb region.
During the day, the women work in the fields and come in the evening to fill their jerrycans with water from the village's only spring. Some travel up to 10 kilometers along a rocky road to get there.
In 2013, the village was almost connected to the drinking water network, but the project was halted before connecting the houses to the Sonede water treatment plant.
The villagers are at their wits' end: "We keep protesting, and nothing happens. The politicians don't care. They have their air conditioning and their showers." – Ouled Nasr
Ouled Nasr is an isolated rural village of 220 families in the El Haouerb region.
During the day, the women work in the fields and come in the evening to fill their jerrycans with water from the village's only spring. Some travel up to 10 kilometers along a rocky road to get there.
In 2013, the village was almost connected to the drinking water network, but the project was halted before connecting the houses to the Sonede water treatment plant.
The villagers are at their wits' end: "We keep protesting, and nothing happens. The politicians don't care. They have their air conditioning and their showers." – Ouled Nasr
TUNISIA-DROUGHT/ Tunisia, a country in need of water
Augustin Le Gall / Le Pictorium
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Taïeb, 25, on his 5-hectare date palm plot in Segdoud, in the south. Taïeb irrigates his date palms for 7 hours a week, or 1 hour a day.
Due to drought and difficulties accessing public water, he was forced to drill an illegal well more than 70 meters deep near his palm grove to irrigate his plantation. February 11, 2022.
Due to drought and difficulties accessing public water, he was forced to drill an illegal well more than 70 meters deep near his palm grove to irrigate his plantation. February 11, 2022.