Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not school

Taez, Yemen (AFP) June 17, 2023

Every day at dawn, 14-year-old Salim Mohammad leaves home to fetch water, trekking through his city in southwestern Yemen to join the queues at the nearest public dispenser.

He and his three siblings walk at least a mile (1.6 kilometres) and wait, sometimes for hours, hoping to fill their jerry cans and make it back in time for school.

“My arms and my back hurt from the load I carry ever
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