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WATER BOREHOLES FOR RURAL VILLAGES in africa
The Water is Life movement transforms communities through clean water.
Every year millions of people die from waterborne illnesses: a solvable crisis if water free from contamination is accessible to all!
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facts
1
water
BOREHOLE
=
2,000+
PEOPLE
IMPACTED
&
4,400
gallons of water
per day
770 million people or 1 in every 10 people around the world lack basic water necessities.
282 million
use water directly from a river, dam, lake, pond, stream, canal, or irrigation canal
use water from an unprotected dug well or unprotected spring
use water from a
filtered source
but takes 30+ mins
to collect
121 million
367 million
borehole implementation
A partnership with Lions Clubs of Mombasa Bahari of District 411 in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa.
Their role:
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Identify a remote rural village that would greatly benefit
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Hire local contractors to build the borehole
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A handover of the borehole to the community members
What is a water borehole?
A water borehole is a deep narrow well driven by an electric/manual pump that taps into the underground stores of water held in permeable rock known as aquifers.
They provide a constant supply of water and can be used for drinking, showers, dishes, laundry, domestic outdoor use, etc.
Also, each borehole is used by the village AND surrounding villages/ communities benefiting around 2,000 - 5,000 people.
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