Author: The Standard Editor

By Andrew Bugembe Per-Per Village, Tororo On a blazing day, Grace Adikini, has to walk for about 4 kilometers in search of water. She then summons a few of her neighborhood friends so they can all go fetch water. Per-Per is a village not blessed with nature’s gift of easy access to water. This makes many girls trek long distances for it, yet even the ponds that they fetch from are shared with cattle. “We have to move every day; it is the only way,” said Adikini. “We have to bathe, cook, wash clothes, but also feed animals; we have…

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