Keeping Africa's Deserts at Bay

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Dominic Nahr / Magnum for TIME

Thirsty Work
Children travel up to 6 miles (10 km) to wash their clothes and collect water from the Ewaso Nyiro River, the only river in Archer's Post that flows most of the year.

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