VILLAGERS APPEALS FOR A SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE

 Some villagers in deep rural Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe are kindly appealed for assistance from well wishers to help them drill a solar powered borehole similar to the one in the picture above.

"We are really in need of this type of borehole as this will save us a lot on both time and energy since currently we have to travel a very long distance to the nearest source of clean drinking water " said the village leader

This blogger caught up with one of the organizers of the borehole project and he had this to say

A CRY FOR CLEAN WATER

"Recently we identified a village of 300 residents in rural Zimbabwe called Shangwe Village."

 

"We found out that the villagers mainly women, the elderly and children were facing a big problem in terms of accessing clean drinking water in line with  the SDG Sustainable Development Goal number 6 which aims to ensure availability of sustainable water management and sanitation for all."

 

"We found out that children as young as primary school going children, women, and the elderly have to travel a long way to the nearest source of clean drinking water on a daily basis."

 

"We came up with a solution to help solve the problem by doing a data survey and fact finding meeting with the residents of the village."

 

"The results of the survey and our successful stakeholder meetings showed that there was really an urgent need for "

 

"1- Drilling a permanent and easily accessible source of clean water for domestic and /agricultural use ."

 

"2- Residents needed  education on how to help them understand how to take care of the well and also from destroying nearby forests that plays a big role in the water cycle and water conservation."

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"This project will help towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal number 6 if other global citizens can also do the same wherever they operate from."

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"We started the planning and mapping of the project in the beginning of September this year and are now we are being held back because of funding "

"If we can get individual well wishers or cooperates who can either sponsor the project financially or donate the needed equipment like solar panels,batteries and inverters we will be forever grateful "

Well wishers can donate any cash donations to The AfriCan Projects PayPal account @AfriCan2020 or alternatively use the following link https://ko-fi.com/communitysocialdevelopmentfund