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Nigeria: Meet one of the country's first female borehole engineers

Mariam Ibrahim, one of the few woman borehole engineers in north-east Nigeria, has built over 200 boreholes and aims to repair 10,000 more.

In a male-dominated field, she challenges stereotypes, wand wants to inspire women to her cause for clean water in their community.

Produced by Andrew Gift, Foluke Ogunbayo and Soo Min Kim