This image depicts an active manual excavation site in Borabu Chitago ward, Kenya, characterized by large trenches cut into reddish-brown soil

This image depicts an active manual excavation site in Borabu Chitago ward, Kenya, characterized by large trenches cut into reddish-brown soil. Approximately fourteen individuals, men and women, are engaged in various tasks across the muddy terrain. In the foreground, two women are working in a wide, muddy trench. One woman, wearing a dark top, brown skirt, and white head covering, is kneeling to fill a white bucket with soil or mud. Next to her, a second woman, dressed in a dark jacket, dark skirt, and black rubber boots, uses a smaller white bucket to scoop water from a standing pool within the trench into another white bucket. Moving up the excavation, an individual in a blue patterned hoodie and shorts stands in a narrower, water-filled section of the trench. Further along the slope, a woman in a light blue jacket and dark leggings, wearing black rubber boots, stands with one leg bent, facing the camera and smiling. Nearby, other workers, some in safety vests and hard hats, are actively digging or shoveling soil from the trenches using tools such as hoes and shovels. Additional individuals are dispersed across the upper mounds and along the trench edges. One man in a brown shirt and dark pants is walking uphill on a soil mound. Several others are visible moving soil, and some are carrying bright yellow jerrycans, likely for water. The overall environment is wet and muddy, with standing water evident in the deeper parts of the trenches. In the background, green trees and distant structures with various roofs (some blue, some corrugated iron) are visible, along with a fence made of poles and red/pink sheeting. The sky is overcast.