In the good times, salt miners at Lake Katwe in western Uganda made a reasonable living.
They earn $30 a week for their labors, a decent wage by Ugandan standards.
The work condition is terrible.
The air is thick with the bad-egg stench of hydrogen sulphide mixed with ammonia.
The equatorial sun beats down on his naked back, leaving a salty sheen.
The hypersaline water sucks moisture from their bodies and infuses them with toxic chemicals.
The workers knows it is affecting their health but often they cannot afford to buy protective clothing.
Many workers improvise as best they can.
These improvised strategies have little effect and sexual health problems are rife among the Katwe workers.
These pools, or saltpans, are held together by sticks and mud.
Climate scientists predict that weather patterns in Uganda will shift as a result of global warming.
This will result in too much rain and not enough evaporation to produce salt.
