Segment 1

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Water Pressures

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Deja Bi: 98 years. Water is her story. Saltwater. Since 12 years old, Deja Bi has walked nearly 6 hrs a day to fetch water. Neither Deja Bi, her children, nor grandchildren attended school. Water and work have always been priorities. Water they DO have access to is salty and causes illness.

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Manju: 18 years. Manju also fetches water. Sweet - fresh water. Manju's well is 50 feet from her home. It is covered and clean. Water is just the beginning of her story.

KANUPRIYA HARISH [Executive Director, Jal Bhagirathi Foundation]

Manju is one of our community producers. From about fifteen, twenty girls she was interviewed, she was selected.

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The Jal Bhagirathi Foundation provided the wells for Manju's village and school

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They also provide media training for Manju and other students interested in telling community stories

KANUPRIYA HARISH

She was a very, very shy girl. I mean the Manju that you see now is someone who’s developed over six months.

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Only 20 minutes separate these two women

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But 80 years and a world of opportunity stand between them

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Saltwater

DEJA BI

My stomach hurts from the saltwater. I get diarrhea. I can't drink it. I don't have time here. This is the time of dying. So, I shift to the graveyard - to the grave.

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Sweetwater

KANUPRIYA HARISH

She's a different girl. She was a different girl when she had come her, but now she's very different, very confident.

MANJU

I especially enjoy roaming the villages, talking to villagers. Whatever main issue the villagers speak of, that is what we make our film about. Mostly they speak about water problems. But things ARE improving greatly.

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The difference is water.