Early morning and locals arrive for another day of monotonous toil in the salt pans of Lake Katwe, Uganda
Channels lead from the main lake supply the pans with salt water
A woman removes mud from a salt pan at Lake Katwe
A man removes mud from a salt pan at Lake Katwe, Uganda. Mud gathers on the bed of the pan and must be taken out before salt can be extracted
A pan which had been polluted with rainwater is cleared for reuse
A woman throws water over a salt pan in order to sink surface salt crystals
A boy stands between salt pans at Lake Katwe
Young sisters work at their family owned salt pan, removing mud from the bed of the pan.
Children carry basins of salt at Lake Katwe. Many children do not attend school in order to work at the lake and earn income for their families.
The abandoned Lake Katwe Salt Company Ltd factory on the shores of Lake Edward, Katwe
An abandoned residential area once inhabited by workers of the Lake Katwe Salt Company
A man applies Super Glue to broken skin on his arm before entering the water to extract rock salt at Lake Katwe. Any cut or nick in the skin gets eaten at by the chemicals in the water making the wound bigger
Men use metal bars to extract rock salt from the bed of Lake Katwe
A boy stands over a mound of freshly washed salt
Acholi cattle are herded home for the evening after grazing around Lake Katwe