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Primary school students wash the cups, basins, tubs, and other items that will be used for drinking and hand-washing this day. Every student brings water to school each day. Some of it is put in large cans for drinking. There is generally one cup per can, so many people drink from the same cup. The water from home is also used for hand-washing, scrubbing, and other activities.

by Amy Wiedemann
Gbefi, Ghana (1999)

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