Amidst the conflict in Pulka, north-east Nigeria, displaced people struggle to access basic amenities like safe water.
She has to cook, bathe and feed her family.
Nothing is possible if she cannot fill her jerry can today.
Hauwa, like others in the camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Pulka, Borno state, north-east Nigeria, is struggling to cope with an acute water shortage.
Crowds, mostly women, jostle to get their mugs under the mouths of the hand pumps.
Every inch gained in the melee counts; every drop in the bucket increases the chance of survival in the excruciating dry heat.
International standards for humanitarian aid recommend that people have access to between 15 and 20 litres of water every day in emergency conditions.
Community members have come together to dig wells.
“The struggle for water in the camps also increases tensions between the host community and the displaced populations.
In Pulka, 5,000 IDPs are living in makeshift tents in the transit camp.