Piped water for Roberto's family in Timor-Leste

Roberto, 10, is a grade four student who lives with his parents, two brothers and sister in a village in Liquiçá municipality, Timor-Leste. In the past, Roberto used to wake up early every morning to walk to the nearest water source to collect water with his mother and older brother, about 30 minutes away. The family would need to complete this journey three to four times a day to have enough water for their needs.

Even with all these trips, the family would not have enough water to bath at home, so Roberto would wash in the water source each morning as he filled his jerrycans. With so many tasks to get done in the morning, he was often late to school.

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