The Plight Of Afghanistan's Child Water Carriers Analysis

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Imagine that you are a child living in Afghanistan waking up early every morning to go to a water tap that just runs for 2 hours every other day. In the video “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Zarf Nazar and the article “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon both explain this problem even though they have many similarities and differences.
There are many similarities between the video “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Zarf Nazar and the article “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon. For example In the video it talks about the struggle that the kids face to get the donkey up the hill and show all of the rocks and uneven surfaces

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