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In this video, I realised the guilt that the mother might have felt whilst giving the baby dirty water. If I was in her place, I wouldn’t have wanted to wash the dishes or have my children play in the dirty water as they can get sick.

This is probably what the mothers around the world think when they may be giving their children dirty water but they may have no choice.

when people don’t have clean water, they think using clean water may be normal.

1.1 million people have to use dirty water for cleaning and drinking

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This lady may feel like she is in danger of loosing her children or her companions.

- As we did some further research, I now know that women have a danger of being kidnapped.

- Some of the younger women in the picture may be a target of forced marriage after being kidnapped.

The lady may be thinking about how there will be a line at the water hole and how she may have to wait with her children to get water.

She may be thinking about how she might get hurt at the water hole.

To understand this woman’s perspective even better I might need to know;

how her household is like

who is in her family

if she lives near water, or very far away from it

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1.1 billon people. have to drink, bath and clean with dirty water. that is the same population of north America and Europe.

to a westerner that statistic and contaminated water is disgusting but to a person who has to deal with dirty water everyday it must be normal but there is guilt from the mothers and it just not right.

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- she may be skipping some school or late

she may be walking to “town” to get water.

she may be walking further so that her family doesn't get sick from the local water.

what do i need more to understand?

i would like to meet her so i could get a first hand experience

find out where she is from so i can get some general information about where she lives .

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I think we are trying to implement solutions which would work for us but we should being trying to create solutions which work for them instead.

For 1.1 billion people to use dirty water isn’t right. To use that water for our day to day lives is horrible. In my life we would try and stay away from the dirty water.

Motherly instinct. Both mothers want the best for their children but only one of the two can really provide that. While the other one has to make do with whats around

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yellow lady step in

See

⁃ Dirt

⁃ Trees

⁃ Others around her

⁃ Bucket

Feel

⁃ Hot or cold from the weather

⁃ Sore from walking ?

⁃ Tired from walking

⁃ The bucket may be really heavy

Believe

⁃ She may believe that she is almost home or not

⁃ She may believe that this is normal

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The women do know the water isn’t good for them. Although the children may not know, the older women know about the dangers of drink contaminated water. However it is their only choice. They do have to travel a far way to get water but this is because town facilities were never put in or broke down because they weren’t looked after.

The mother might feel guilty about given her children contaminated water but she could also feel helpless because she doesn’t have a choice. The children may not know what is going on and therefore, don’t have a change in perspective. The child might be thinking about how long the trip will take

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Based on your exploration this perspective so far, what are you noticing about your own perspective and what it takes to take on someone else’s perspective?

1.1 billion people have to wash, bathe and drink with dirty water

Different from other western lifestyles

But using the dirty water may be normal to some people

You would have to take in someone else’s emotions like giving your baby dirty water, you might feel guilt.

Taking the long hike or walk to get the water and also lugging it back.

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What else would you need to know or learn about to understand this character’s perspective better?

Need to know how many times they get water

If he knows that his mum is collecting water

If he is scared because he might be going somewhere far away where they get abused

How long they would have to wait in line to get the water?

How far they are walking

How long it takes

How much water they bring home

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See

The child may see its families tired faces.

They may see the dirty surroundings and think its normal and safe

See people suffering from lack of hygiene

Feel

Feels the tired from walking so far and taking so many trips

thirsty because of the trips

Believe

They may believe it is normal to live like this

They may believe it is safe

Experience

The anger or frustration of his mother.

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See?

She probably sees the dried up land and the trees in front of her. She probably sees the other ladies beside her.

Feel?

She probably feels tired and frustrated that she has to walk a long way to get water. She might feel scared for her children maybe getting hurt. She may be angry because her  children may be crying.

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See:

The people around them holding the buckets

Dirty surrounding

Nature trees and terrain

Feel:

They might feel hot

Tired

Thirsty

Scared if they are going somewhere far away

Believe/Think:

They might think that this is a very long walk

Normal

safe

Experience:

He might experience the walk there and maybe learn it so later he can collect water

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What do you notice about your own perspective and what it takes to take somebody else's?

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What else would you like or need to learn to understand this person's perspective better

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What do you think this person might feel, believe, know or experience?