CNN CNN Heroes An All-Star Tribute December 12, 2015 08:11:00
>> as a child, every morning i would accompany my mother to fetch water. hours and sand under your feet is burning hot. it takes a lot of effort. you need to make multiple trips, and then the whole morning is gone, just to fetch water for the family. water is so precious that they will even do their dishes with sand. the only relief is during the monsoon season when it rains. with the aakakh system, it is collected on rooftops and runs through gutters and pipes and it is divided into two parts. one part for the homeowner and another part for the community.