News Archive - 2010
Improving access to clean, safe water in Southern Sudan
As part of our project in Southern Sudan, FARM-Africa is continuing to give people, like those in Ajiek Village, improved access to clean, safe water by drilling new boreholes and rehabilitating old ones. Since the start of the project, FARM-Africa has provided over 9,200 households with access to water.
At the end of 2009, FARM-Africa rehabilitated a borehole in Ajiek Village, giving an estimated 120 households a local source of water.
“Before this borehole was drilled in our village by FARM-Africa, every day we had to walk distance not less than three hours one way to get water. We couldn’t carry more than 20 litres of water each, so water was restricted for cooking and drinking only.” Ajonk Makog
Since people no longer have to make the six hour round trip to collect water, children are able to spend more time at school and adults have more time to work and earn an income. People in the village can now make several trips a day to the borehole, giving them enough water to irrigate their crops.
As well as rehabilitating old boreholes, FARM-Africa has also drilled six new boreholes, providing 1,500 households with access to a water point.
Since the beginning of the project, 31 pump mechanics have received training to ensure that the new and rehabilitated water points do not fall into disrepair. This month, the pump mechanics will receive training to refresh their skills.
Ajonk Makog
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