Beit Mirsem and Beit Al- Roush

Every evening mother-of five Siham Ammero, aged 38, walks with her donkey along the dusty road to the village cistern where she fills large containers with water. It's too hot to do it during the day and so she waits until the sun has dropped and it's cooler.

Water is in short supply in the village. Villagers used to walk to nearby cisterns to collect water, but since the erection of Israel's 'security fence', or wall, they can't go there anymore. Siham is one of dozens of Oxfam volunteers working to improve public health across the West Bank.

Photo: Alan Gignoux