Tuvalu's drought woes continue

The Prime Minister of Tuvalu is pleading for international help as the tiny Pacific Island nation deals with a crippling drought.

Each household in the island have to survive on two buckets of fresh water, forty litres a day.

Drinking water is now being provided by desalination plants.

The amount of clean water being produced has doubled after New Zealand sent over a portable desalination unit.

Two years ago the United Nations set up a multi billion dollar fund to help small countries deal with problems associated with climate change and rising sea levels.

The Tuvalu government is now trying to access these funds to help find a long term solution to the water crisis.

So far there are no outbreak of disease, but the international Red Cross is concerned that may not last.

Weather forecasters are not predicting rain until January.

While the efforts of New Zealand government along with aid from Australia and the US is helping boost water reserves, the international help is only due to last for another month.

Al Jazeera's Belinda Henley reports from Tuvalu.