Water is life. For Forzohn, a small rural town in Liberia’s lower Margibi County that heavily depends on a creek that glimmers deceptively under the sun, it is a source of sickness and despair for its residents.
In Forzohn, water is a daily battle. The sole hand pump in the town produces foul-smelling water during the dry season. For everything else, residents rely on the creek which dries up periodically. The consequences of this scarcity, however, run deeper than just inconvenience.
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