00:00 collecting water, a daily chore often shouldered by women.
00:04 Here in northern Senegal, it's sometimes necessary to walk at least seven or
00:08 eight kilometers to find a source.
00:11 Mamadou Diakete, who has a background in constructing schools, has been trying to develop homegrown solutions
00:18 without relying on foreign donors.
00:20 "We raise funds exclusively online. We launch campaigns from our platforms and our phone numbers.
00:26 We explain the problem to the community. We tell them that we want to build this school, for example,
00:31 or that we want to build a well, and that we need however much money to do it.
00:35 Every few days, we try to show the progress that's been made. We try to show donors,
00:40 'Look, we started with this small hole, now it's two meters deep, three meters deep, five meters, ten meters.'"
00:46 More than 50 wells have been built since 2020.
00:51 One of them was here, in a small village called Ouro Amadibaga.
00:55 Already, it's been a game-changer.
00:58 "With the small well we had before, people could only get drinking water.
01:06 But we needed another water source to grow food.
01:09 With the old one, we couldn't water crops, or else we wouldn't have had enough drinking water.
01:15 But now we can grow things, feed ourselves, and even sell the vegetables we don't eat."
01:22 As global warming intensifies, droughts are becoming more frequent everywhere.
01:27 A phenomenon which will likely only become worse in the future.
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