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| ID: | 186408 |
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| Title: | WaterAid WTD 2021 VNR Sanitation worker Nigeria |
| Description: |
Footage of sanitation worker ILYASU ABBAS, 50, PIT LATRINE AND SEPTIC TANK EMPTIER Ilyasu has been employed as a pit latrine and septic tank emptier for 28 years. He supplements his work with farming but says the pandemic has drastically reduced his income and ability to care for his two wives and eight children. He empties faecal sludge manually using drums, buckets, diggers, shovels, ropes and a scooping container. He wasn’t given any extra PPE or training to protect against COVID-19 and says he doesn’t even know where he could access a vaccine. He says, “The major risk we face during our work is harassment, injuries, loss of a limbs or our lives”. He has been cut several times by objects inside the pits like a broken bottle or needle and says he’s also been injured on several occasions “About two years ago, while emptying a pit in the night, a concrete block from the toilet structure broke off and fell on my head.” Despite the risks he says “We don’t' use PPE of any... Read more » |
| Credit: | WaterAid |
| Usage Rights: | (1) Images may be used for all purposes, globally, in perpetuity. Images may be used by third parties. |
| Country/Region: | Nigeria |
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| Categories: | Film, World Toilet Day 2021: Sanitation Workers |
| Original Filename: | Sanitation workers VNR 2021.mp4 |
| Size: | 315.48 MB; 1920 x 1080 pixels; 4 minutes 14 seconds; |
