Welcome to Demotix!

News Hub

search for water

92 Stories - 643 Images - 98 Contributors
Women migrate with their belongings and a kid passes near the carcass of a donkey at Samburu district ,north central Kenya. Hunger struck the area due to lack of rain which has not been experienced for the past five months.  Residents have been forced to walk for days to look for water.

Photos/JAMES NJUGUNA

Society

In Search of Water

Women migrate with their belongings and a kid passes near the carcass of a donkey at Samburu district, north central Kenya. Hunger struck the area...

by JAMES NJUGUNA MWAURA in Kenya on 22/05/2009

Latest News

Trafalgar Square wardens disrupt MP's press-call - London 09.12.2011
On 9th December 2011, a press-call by Barry Gardiner MP calling for the London Olympics Committee to end Dow Chemicals' co-sponsorship of the 2012 games, was interrupted by 'H...
Italian Navy conduct rescue and retrieval mission on Costa Concordia
Following the sinking of the Costa Concordia, marine soldier divers search for the missing. Giglio Island, Italy. 22nd January 2012
The rescue of the ship Costa Concordia
Rescue divers have been given the go ahead to continue searching for missing passengers on board the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia. Island of Giglio, Italy. 27th January 2012
National Fire Department secures the Costa Concordia
The National Fire Department, or Vigili del Fuoco, search for the missing and secure the Costa Concordia for the safety of the rescue teams. Giglio Island, Italy. 21st January 2012
Costa Concordia: The search continues
At least 11 people died others are missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground with more than 4,000 passengers and crew on 13 January, only hours after leaving the Italian...
GB London 2012 Olympic Kayak and Canoe Squad in Training
The London 2012 Olympic Kayak and Canoe squad have been hard at work training at the Lee Valley venue during this freezing cold spell. London, UK. 17th January 2012
Maltese military save 68 migrants in operation aided by US Navy
Armed Forces of Malta successfully concluded a search-and-rescue operation with US Navy, saving 68 lives. Marsaxlokk, Malta. 15th January 2012
Landing of migrants at military base in Malta
Nine exhausted and dehydrated migrants fleeing the Libyan conflict were taken to hospital after being saved at sea by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), while a 29-year-old woman was brou...
Moving to the beaches during holiday
Day of sun and heat has great movement of tourists on the beach at Gonzaga, in Santos, during a national holiday. Santos, Sao Paulo, November 2, 2011
Irish Halloween
Witches and warlocks, vamping it up, high spirits and sticky toffee abound as Ireland prepares to celebrate Halloween. Dublin, Ireland. 29th October 2011
Shipping Collision in the Irish Sea
Scallop dredger Lynn Marie is damaged in a collision with container ship Philipp, near the Isle of Man. This resulted in the Lynn Marie being badly damaged and requiring assistance. Un...
The Pushkar Mela Camel Fair
The Pushkar Mela is an annual 5 day camel and livestock fair, held in the 5th most sacred Hindu pilgrimage town Pushkar, Rajasthan. November 2010
World Harbour Days - Rotterdam
Wereld Haven Dagen in Rotterdam, the public showpiece for the Rotterdam Harbour with demonstrations and the chance for the public to see what goes on in one of the worlds biggest harbou...
Diamond mining in Sierra Leone
Artisanal diamond miners at work in open pit mines in Koidu-Sefadu (Kono) in eastern Sierra Leone. 2nd August 2011
Ukrainian police engage in stealing t-shirts - Kiev
Berkut special forces have stolen a box of t-shirts during a charity sale of t-shirts with a print reading, 'Thanks to the people of Donbas.' The t-shirts are an insult to the...
Al-Quds Day Protests in London
Several thousand marched through London calling for freedom for Palestine in the annual Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day march. There were small counter-demonstrations by an Iranian opposition g...
Capsize and sinking of the Thames Tug Chieftain - London
Scene of capsize and sinking of Thames Tug Chieftain after collision with tug Steven B. The river is now open again as a search for the missing crewman from the Chieftain has been aband...
Life in a remote Vietnamese village is about to change forever.
Life in an isolated village community nestled in a mountainous jungle area of North West Vietnam is on the cusp of change. A rough road linking Ban Son with the outside world is almost...
Children with their empty water-pots gather - Sukkur
Children with their empty water-pots gather as they are go in search of drinking water due to low supplies in Newpind, Sukkur, Pakistan. 7th August 2011
Aftermath and clean up of the Tohoku disaster - Kesennuma
On Friday March 11th 2011, at 2:45 PM, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the western Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometers East of the Tohoku region of Japan. The earthquake triggered a large...