17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Mobile
Early exit from school for children, a bad widespread social phenomenon in Morocco

The picture shows a child riding a donkey, heading towards the village's water source, to fill two-day bottles of water. Moroccoan inhabitants Atlas Mountains suffer from many problems, including water shortages, and early school dropouts for boys to help the family in work and farming, as well as the marriage of underage girls.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2019
Date Uploaded: 10.2019
Photo Location: Atlas Mountains, Beni Mellal-Khenifra , Morocco
Camera: SM-G610F
Copyright: © Boufous Mouhcine