Share Niger : Digging for water

I apologise for the lack of contact, I have tech issues... I'm not complaining as it really doest sit too well with me after the things that I have seen today.

#ShareNiger Day 1 : Part 1 Digging for water
Our day kicked off with a road trip to the World Vision clinic in Komobagau. The roads are bumpy, the scenery a backdrop of deep red. Buildings, roads all made from the one thing in abundance here... sand.
We crossed lush green banks with full flowing rivers.

But as we drove closer to our destination the flowing rivers were replaced by this...

Sand and lots of it.

But the people living near the river still need water and so they have resorted to digging 6ft deep holes into the ground to find the water table.

To collect the water they use small plastic bowls to carefully scoop it out of the hole before filling their water containers to carry back home. It's back breaking work in searing heat. The water containers are heavy. Really heavy. 

This family told us that they need to collect five containers of water every day. Each morning they have to re-dig the hole because the sand has covered the water table once again.

Back to the village...

No, the water that they have collected isn't boiled or treated in any way before they drink it. Yes, it is gritty from the sand. 

Yes, it's shocking seeing people with no choice but to drink dirty water. 

Yes, you should think about this next time you turn your tap on.

Follow my trip via the #ShareNiger tag on Twitter.

Win an Exclusive Cybher Leather Satchel Co bag & goodies!

This has quite easily been one of the biggest weekends of my life and now that Cybher is over for this year I feel quite odd.

Cybher has been my life for the last ten months and pulling it together has taken every ounce of my being but I'm blown away with what I've achieved.

Of course I couldn't have done it without my team, Claire, Ryan and Erica. All our helpers on the day, Lizzie, Sarah, Becks, Ethan, Kelli, Lottie & Annabel. Our awesome sponsors The Leather Satchel Co, Freya, Savoo, AVG, Palmers, Thinking Slimmer, Hotmail, The Walt Disney Company and World Vision and most importantly amazing husband and children who have held me together.

The awesome custom Cybher bags by The Leather Satchel Co

Even with the best planning and organisation in the world it would have been nothing without the backing and support of every single person who gave up their weekend to be a part of it. I hope that you came away from Cybher feeling as inspired as I did.

Freya Lingerie at Cybher : Pic @ericawhiteman

Those of you who who came to Cybher will know that in less than a week I will be on my way to Niger with World Vision on a trip to raise awareness of the food shortages and pre famine emergency there. I hope that you will follow and support as you did when I went to Blogladesh.

You can keep up to date on the #ShareNiger tag.

So I do have a few goodies left over and as so many people are desperado to get their paws on a Limited Edition Cybher bag I thought I'd do a little giveaway....

The prize is as follows...

A Limited Edition Cybher Leather Satchel Company bag

Cybher note book

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