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食水安全嗎？ Water, water but is it safe?

地點：緬甸仰光省公車溝市高費裕村 日期：2008年5月8日 Location: Gyo Phyu village Kyungyangon township, Yangon Division Date taken: 8 May 2008 Taken by: Wendy Myint-Myint Hla, UNICEF Myanmar

公車溝是仰光省災情最嚴重的市鎮之一，小村落原本有400多人居住，但是經風災蹂躪過後，只有70人倖存。食水就是他們掙扎求存的必需品，然而，附近的災民都只可以聚集到這個小池塘打水，原因是其他的水源都佈滿了人畜的屍體，滿目瘡痍，早已經不適宜飲用了。聯合國兒童基金會在緬甸其中一個最逼切的工作，就是儘快為災民提供潔淨的食水，以減低傳染病和疫症爆發的機會。

Kyungyangon town in one of the worst-affected townships of Yangon Division. The small town orginally have a population of over 400, but only 70 survive after the cyclone. A boy lugs water from the only pond that locals thought was safe because there had been no bodies or dead animals found in it. However, with treatment supplies from UNICEF, the Myanmar Red Cross staff and volunteers treat the water with a purifying compound before it is consumed by the storm's survivors.