For children, it means that they don't wash, brush their teeth or have a clean house. They often go to school without having had breakfast.
Children and young people are often absent from school because of a lack of water in their homes, especially in some villages. We operate in 14 villages, and drinking water is available every day in most of them. However, in some communities, this isn't the case. Last winter, two communities didn't have access to drinking water or to the collection of waste water by truck for 11 or 12 days. When this goes on for too long, children must come to school without washing or brushing their teeth. This leads to dental issues and lice in our schools as well. Sometimes the essential services aren't there.
It's as if we don't have the right to access drinking water, while others around us have that right. We want the same rights as everyone else. The lack of access also results in a lack of access to education.