To mark World Water Day we're sharing some water-themed photos taken by young people in Niger, West Africa.
Close to 800 million people worldwide still don't have access to clean drinking water. In countries like Niger, where safe water is scarce, the impact on children's lives is huge.
These children worked with UNICEF photographer Giacomo Pirozzi to explore what it means to be vulnerable as a child in Niger.
The message is clear: having proper access to safe water would change many children's lives.
Find out more about our water and sanitation work.
A boy waters his family’s garden in Niamey, Niger's capital. He uses water from the nearby Niger River. Photographer: Rahamata Alhassane Ibrahim, 14.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0931/Rahamata Alhassane Ibrahim
Here, the same boy fills two watering cans with water from the Niger River. Watering the family garden is one of his chores. Photographer: Rahamata Alhassane Ibrahim, 14
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0930/Rahamata Alhassane Ibrahim
This mural in Niamey shows a boy and man watering a plant. The mural bears the message ‘water is life’. Photographer: Hamani Moumouni, 15.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0915/Hamani Moumouni
Two sisters carry containers of water over a bridge of sandbags in Kirkissoye, a poor district in Niamey. They were photographed by Abdoulaye Bello Doua, 16. "I know girls who work as servants and who are mistreated by their employers," said Abdoulye. "Those people do not even know that children have rights."
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0893/Abdoulaye Bello Doua
"If you are not informed, you do not have any wealth," says Rachida. "Material richness will end, whereas education lasts a lifetime, and you can pass it on to your children. A country cannot develop without having educated children."
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0884/Rachida Soumana
A pot of water heats on an open fire in a home in Kirkissoye, a poor district in Niamey. Photographer: Moctar Adamou, 13.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0888/Moctar Adamou
Rubbish in a stagnant water near a shower shared by several families in Kirkissoye, Niamey. Photographer: Moctar Adamou, 13
© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0889/Moctar Adamou
