Rhoda Milanzi, a housewife and mother of three, tells VOA the journeys through bushy footpaths are risky. "We wake up every day 2 a.m., sometimes 1 a.m., to go and collect water. There are so many risks. You see, sometimes we would meet witches, snakes on the way," she says, "even hyenas have been chasing us." 
A Rhoda Milanzi mzimayi wa ana atatu yemwe amakhala pakhomo, wauza wailesi ya VOA mmene maulendo odutsa mutchire amakhalira oopsa. "Timadzuka 2 koloko kapena 1 koloko mammawa kukatunga madzi. Pamakhala zoopsa zambiri.. Nthawi zina timakumana ndi afiti, njoka munjira, komanso afisi amatithamangitsa," iwo anatero.