The borehole in Amina's village has been dry for four months. Every morning at 5am, she walks 7km alone to a seasonal riverbed to collect water for her five children and her elderly mother-in-law.

Her husband lost his herd to the drought and stopped leaving the house months ago. The water collection — like all the care work — falls entirely on Amina.

One morning, Amina does not come back. A neighbour finds her two hours later on the path, shaking. She was attacked by two men near the thicket by the dry riverbed.

She begs the neighbour not to tell anyone. She is afraid of what her husband will say. She is afraid no one will believe her. And she knows that if she stops fetching water, her children will go without.