Clean Water
Flowing streams are sites for collecting drinking water, washing, laundering, and waste disposal. And yet, one sub-community’s drinking reservoir may be downstream from the next sub-community’s waste site. Running water and plumbing are not available. Water-borne diseases plague entire communities perpetuating preventable illnesses. It is understood that communities with deep water wells, solar water pumps, and innovative filtration systems experience increased health and overall productivity. The simple pump of a well can save community hours of walking, days of illness, and lifetimes of struggle. The Chiefdom has just over 8 mechanical open wells for 12,000 people. The clinics both have mechanical wells, with the clinic in Gbaiima also connected to, as a backup, the well, serving the primary school in Gbaiima. Unfortunately they are both not working and in need of repairs. The others are rudimentary open wells. Although the wells are known sources of water to drink, wash cloths, bathe and cook with. They are also a source of contamination to spread infectious diseases such as bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, schistosomiasis, and typhoid fever. In addition the open wells are known to promote vector borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. Polio or poliomyelitis is still a very serious concern.CONTACT US OUR FOCUS AREAS