bathe

That was not nearly enough to drink and flush, bathe, and wash dishes.

Clothes go unwashed and families can’t bathe their children properly, meaning skin diseases and diarrhoea are widespread.

Earlier this year, the hot water stopped working and residents began heating water on the stove to bathe.

When we learned that polio was spreading, we called her to give her some instructions: Boil water before drinking it, bathe regularly, use ointments to prevent the spread of skin diseases, keep the children away from crowds.

We couldn’t grow food, we couldn’t build our homes, we couldn’t bathe, we couldn’t heal the sick without water.