Other Uses of Water

by Rachel Davis, Deb Baesemen, Tim Burroughs, Kendra Cornwell, The Gambia

Water is used very sparingly here. Water games occur only when it is raining. The children play out in the rain much the same way they do in the United States. They catch it on their tongues, jump in big puddles, and bathe in it with a bar of soap and a bucket.