Text: Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee
Photography: Mulugeta Ayene/International Rescue Committee and Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee
The average American uses 380 litres of water a day, from the moment they awake and brush their teeth to washing up after supper. We take this essential element for granted, but when water is scarce, daily life becomes an unimaginable grind. Eventually, dehydration and disease threaten existence itself.