Salt water is being filtered using two layers of plastic buckets in the outskirt of Idifu village Dodoma region, Tanzania on 25th July 2017. The bucke
Salt water is being filtered using two layers of plastic buckets in the outskirt of Idifu village Dodoma region, Tanzania on 25th July 2017. The bucket on top is filled with one fourth of wheat chaff (not seen in the photo). Then, salty sand is put in the bucket. Finally water is poured continuously on top of the salty sand in the bucket. Wooden sticks support the bucket placed on top of the other. Buckets standing on top have small holes (not seen in the photo) from which filtered salt water pour down to the other bucket below. Idifu has water scarcity problem and receives very little rainfall due to which there is not much farming activities. The source of income generation is also less in the village. Earlier, most women extracted salt to support daily needs in the family. Since the process requires lot of firewood to boil salt water to extract salt, number of women doing this work has declined. Some women still carry out this work when they have collected enough firewood and when there is no other work.
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Location: Idifu, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Deepak Tolange / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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