Wow, can we even begin to tell you of how in need the people of northwest India are! The region in India which we are in is called the Marwar, which is derived fro the Sanskrit word of "Maruwat" which means "Land of Death" this region is the most densley populated desert in the world, while most deserts have 3 to 4 inhabitants per square kilometer, Marwar has 84 to 90. Most villages in the area do not have a single source of safe drinking water within a radius of 1.6 kilometers, which means that 64% of the people in the area do not have acess to safe drinking water. Women in the area spend 1/4 of every day fetching water and walk an average fo 4 kilometers to fetch just 20 liters of water.
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