Every morning, Sarafina walked over two hours to fetch water from a small marshland three kilometres from her village. After being used by many people in the surrounding villages, the water would get muddy and the banks slippery and dangerous. To avoid this, Sarafina tried to always be one of the first people to get to the marshland, so she could draw the clearest water for her family. This… Continue reading Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Sarafina’s story
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Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Karen’s story
In June 2021, Karen and her husband welcomed a healthy baby boy, Peter, into their family. Like all new mothers, Karen was overjoyed but also exhausted. This exhaustion was compounded by the fact that the borehole in Nkumbaisha, her village, had stopped working in May 2020. With a newborn in the household, Karen needed a lot of water every day for cleaning… Continue reading Clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Karen’s story
Provision of clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Abigail and Natasha
Abigail and her two busy children live in the village of Kangwa. Unfortunately, in November 2020, right when hygiene was at the forefront of everyone’s minds due to COVID-19, the borehole in Kangwa broke down. The only other source of water was a stream several kilometres away from the village, but the water was often muddy and unclean. Abigail went from… Continue reading Provision of clean water in Zambia’s Luano District – Abigail and Natasha
Access to clean water improves health and opportunities for a mother and her children
Regina is a 36-year-old mother of five who lives in Zambia’s Sinazongwe district. To provide her family with clean water, she visited her village’s borehole every day until 2018, when the borehole became dysfunctional and stopped providing clean water. At that point, the next closest borehole was 10 kilometres away. In communities like Regina’s, providing… Continue reading Access to clean water improves health and opportunities for a mother and her children
