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  • A calf grazes on the banks of the Citarum river in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. The stream is colored with toxic waste dumped by a nearby textile factory. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
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  • Karamatjon Yakubova, 73, poses for a photograph at her family compound in Bazar Korgon (Jalal-Abad province, Kyrgyzstan).
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  • Clockwise from left: Sahara Mahama, 40. Her daughter Mariama, 4. A bucket of millet at Sahara's home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Sahara Mahama has seven sons and a daughter. She lost four other children; one of them was only 14 days old. "I lost the youngest one during the rains, in the lean season. I didn't have enough to eat." .Eating has become increasingly harder through the years, recalls Sahara. "When I was a kid, we used to have three meals: in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.? However, one meal a day has now become the norm. "It's never guaranteed, but we try." .Sahara participates in CARE's cash-for-work project. With the money she receives, she buys cereal and gives her children two meals per day.
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  • A man casts his fishing net in the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0092.jpg
  • Mr Asep, 48, actions a hand pump to fetch water from the well in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Since residents from this area can no longer use the water from the Citarum river, they must use underground water, which is often contaminated because of filtrations, or buy bottled water. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0132.jpg
  • View of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Bulldozers have dredged sludge and trash from the riverbed and piled it up on the banks. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0065.jpg
  • A woman washes clothes using water from a well in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Since residents from this area can no longer use the water from the Citarum river, they must use underground water, which is often contaminated because of filtrations. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0015.jpg
  • A boy folds his net after fishing in the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. <br />
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The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0101.jpg
  • Farmers till the soil of a rice paddy located next to a textile factory and the Citarum river in Sukamaju village, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia.. .The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0029.jpg
  • Girls ride a bicycle across a small bridge over the polluted waters of one of the distributaries of the Citarum river in Padamulya, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0039.jpg
  • Karamatjon Yakubova, 73, talks to visitors at her family's home in Bazar Korgon (Jalal-Abad province, Kyrgyzstan), built by Save the Children with funding from UNHCR. One of her grandchildren looks in through the window.
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  • Save the Children staff members distribute construction materials to people who lost their homes in the area of Kizil Kishtak (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan).
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  • A boy holds a net with his catch, mostly small catfish, on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0071.jpg
  • A small boat lies on sludge and trash by the Citarum river near Cienten, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0161.jpg
  • Detail of the polluted water on a rice paddy in Padamulya, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
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  • Ms Sriwi Diangsih, 33, bathes her two-month-old baby girl Rahmawati in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Since residents from this area can no longer use the water from the Citarum river, they must use underground water, which is often contaminated because of filtrations, or buy bottled water. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0138.jpg
  • A man and his son pick through trash and collect scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0110.jpg
  • Construction workers pour concrete for the base foundation of a home supported by Save the Children in Kizil Kishtak (Osh, Kyrgyzstan) with Sulaiman Mountain on the background.
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  • A boy holds a catfish on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0088.jpg
  • Clockwise from left: Sakina Moudi (left), 30, and Halima Abdou, 25. Their children Kassoumou (right), 4, and Massaoudou, 10 months. Sakina takes sorghum out of a sack at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Halima Abdou has five children. Sakina Moudi has six children and suffered the loss of one..Last year they harvested 40kg of cereal. "It only lasted for five days," says Sakina. This year they didn't get any crops. .In the periods without food, their husband collects and sells wood to buy yam flour. Now their husband participates in CARE's cash-for-work project and continues to sell firewood to get additional income. "With this support, we get to eat abundantly," explains Halima. "We buy millet, sorghum, and corn." They serve their children two meals per day, one in the morning and one in the evening.
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  • Clockwise from left: Delou Ibrahim, 70. Her granddaughter Latifa, 8. Delou's hands hold sorrel leaves, used as a condiment, and grains of sorghum at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)<br />
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Delou Ibrahim has four children and suffered the loss of nine. She has about 40 grandchildren, 16 of which live with her. <br />
"I've seen several crises. The famine in 1984 was the hardest. Rains were very weak. The stems of millet came out but the spikes gave no grain - nothing," she recalls. "Two years ago at least there were people who harvested millet, but this year the crops have been worse because of the drought and the leaf miners." Delou's last crop was 30kg, which only provided food for about two days.<br />
Delou and her family receive cash from CARE. "I get to buy cereal to feed my family, particularly my grandchildren." They have two daily meals, porridge in the morning and sorghum paste in the evening.
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  • Boys chase each other and play with mud on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0081.jpg
  • A woman fishes on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0074.jpg
  • Detail of the darker color of toxic waste dumped by a textile factory into the Citarum river in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. People living across the factory explained the color of the waste changes frequently, ranging from light blue and green to dark brown and black, depending on the dye the factory is using.  ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0018.jpg
  • A boy picks through trash and collects scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0111.jpg
  • Families pick through trash and collect scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. <br />
<br />
The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0145.jpg
  • View of the Citarum river running through Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. <br />
<br />
The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0103.jpg
  • Matlubahan Umarjanova, 60, gives change to a customer at her shop in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). With equipment and materials provided by Save the Children, she reopened her business, a kiosk selling groceries and common household items.
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  • Families and construction workers watch a track dump sand next to their compound, where they are building a new home, in the area of Kizil Kishtak (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan).
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  • A man and a boy examine their catch on the bank of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. The net contains soda cans, plastic bags and other types of waste. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0093.jpg
  • Clockwise from left: Mariama Oumarou, 55. Her granddaughter Rakia, 4. A hand holds grains of corn in Mariama's home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Mariama Oumarou has ten children and three grandchildren. Through the years she has lost four children and two grandchildren. She participates in CARE's cash-for-work project. "Not only can we buy millet and sorghum now, but also corn and condiments."
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  • Clockwise from left: Maka Ali, 80. Her granddaughter Maria, 10. Maka's hands hold sorghum at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Maka Ali has been a widow for twenty years. She has eight children and about twenty grandchildren. She has experienced the loss of six children, four of them at an early age. "I was alone taking care of them, so I cannot say their deaths weren't related to lack of food," Maka recalls..Nobody in her family can work, so she receives a cash transfer from CARE. "When I receive the payment, I buy sorghum and maize," Maka explains. "Before this support, I couldn't; I was eating leaves."
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  • Latifa, 8, poses for a photograph at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger.<br />
Her grandmother Delou Ibrahim, 70, has four children and suffered the loss of nine. She has about 40 grandchildren, 16 of which live with her. <br />
"I've seen several crises. The famine in 1984 was the hardest. Rains were very weak. The stems of millet came out but the spikes gave no grain - nothing," she recalls. "Two years ago at least there were people who harvested millet, but this year the crops have been worse because of the drought and the leaf miners." Delou's last crop was 30kg, which only provided food for about two days.<br />
Delou and her family receive cash from CARE. "I get to buy cereal to feed my family, particularly my grandchildren." They have two daily meals, porridge in the morning and sorghum paste in the evening.
    RO.NER.2012.05.0064.jpg
  • A textile factory dumps toxic waste into the Citarum river in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. People living across the factory explained the color of the waste changes frequently, ranging from light blue and green to dark brown and black, depending on the dye the factory is using.  ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0011.jpg
  • Boys wash their hands and feet in a puddle in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0126.jpg
  • Matlubahan Umarjanova (left), 60, and a relative leave her family's home in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). With equipment and materials provided by Save the Children, she reopened her business, a kiosk selling groceries and common household items.
    RO.KGZ.2010.11.0146.jpg
  • Delou Ibrahim, 70, poses for a photograph at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. <br />
Delou Ibrahim has four children and suffered the loss of nine. She has about 40 grandchildren, 16 of which live with her. <br />
"I've seen several crises. The famine in 1984 was the hardest. Rains were very weak. The stems of millet came out but the spikes gave no grain - nothing," she recalls. "Two years ago at least there were people who harvested millet, but this year the crops have been worse because of the drought and the leaf miners." Delou's last crop was 30kg, which only provided food for about two days.<br />
Delou and her family receive cash from CARE. "I get to buy cereal to feed my family, particularly my grandchildren." They have two daily meals, porridge in the morning and sorghum paste in the evening.
    RO.NER.2012.05.0059.jpg
  • Boys paddle a small boat in the Citarum river near Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0119.jpg
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