MWENEZI DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE DISTRICTS IN ZIMBABWE’S MASVINGO PROVINCE, PRONE TO DROUGHTS AND LOW RAINFALL.
Take easy Ncube, farmer and community-based facilitator living in Mapfumo, has seen his village face numerous water shortages over the years.
“My children used to miss school a lot because they would occasionally have diarrhoea. Sometimes, they would miss school, as we would go for days without water. On most days they would attend school in dirty uniforms” says Ncube.
IMPROVING ACCESS TO SAFE WATER: Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and its partner Africa Ahead (AA), with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), rehabilitated 54 boreholes in Mwenezi and Chiredzi Districts. The intervention aims to improve access to adequate safe water and reduce the risk of water-borne disease for 20,000 drought and socio-economic crisis-affected people in the two districts of Chiredzi Urban and to increase access to sustainable and nutritious food sources and increase incomes to meet basic needs at the household level.
| Borehole Rehabilitation Bring Clean and Safe Water To Zimbabwean Communities! |
SUPPORTING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES: Thanks to the rehabilitation of the borehole, Ncube says his children are no longer missing school because of diarrhoea, and he says his wife no longer walks long distances to find water. “I now collect 80 litres a day for my family and l use a wheelbarrow to transport the water as the distance is now short. My wife and children no longer worry about safe water in the household.”
With an improved supply of safe drinking water, Ncube’s wife has more time to concentrate on caring for their children. “My wife can now do laundry for the kids whenever she wants. She can also water her fruit and vegetable garden and ensure a balanced diet for our children.”
The children can now attend and concentrate better at school in clean uniforms without worrying about looking for water.
| Borehole Rehabilitation Bring Clean and Safe Water To Zimbabwean Communities! |
Action Contre la Faim’s 12-month project in Mwenezi and Chiredzi uses an integrated approach with activities including borehole drilling and rehabilitation, setting up community and low input gardens, provision of small livestock and capacity building. www.actioncontrelafaim.org
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