About 40 years ago, José, seen here walking through Tipa Tipa, joined a group of fellow villagers and the local church in trying to improve the water supply. They tapped into an aquifer and built a tunnel and channel to carry water to the village. ‘We worked all day,’ says José, ‘and then we farmed our land in the evenings. We didn’t always agree, and some people told us we were wasting our time and energy, and that we would die before we got water to the town. However, this just made us apply more strength, and we had a competition to see who could dig the quickest’