Mayama Mustafa, 60, women’s leader and village midwife, with the two children she looks after: Jeneba, left, and Nafisatu, her niece. She holds the savings bank that women contribute to and share out. Mustafa says: ‘Many children have died because of the water. Too many. It’s so painful, sorrowful for me. It upsets me, it hurts. My hope for this village is for us to have clean water, electricity, a health clinic, road and even a school.’