A well close to their village will give them the "Water for Life" which they and their families need. No longer will they have to risk the many diseases from the contaminated water they walk so far to collect.
In the Kyuso District there are very few boreholes, as these are quite expensive to construct and maintain also requiring diesel pumps to bring the water to the surface, and are beyond the resources of communities to complete. Therefore those which are providing water are funded either by government departments, or by private concerns, making the price to the public is quite high.
However some "shallow" wells (40' - 100' deep) have been completed funded either by public collections or in some cases by various charities, such as those built by AAF and Wishing for a Well. These cost £3500-£4500 to build, and continue to provide water throughout the year except in times of extreme drought.
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The need for water.
Clean water is essential for life, but one in eight of the world's population does not have access to it. This, and the lack of safe sanitation, result in over two million people dying from water-related diseases every year ( that is one every 15 seconds). The lack of clean water close to people's homes also affects people's time, livelihoods and quality of life.
Worldwide, 2.5 billion people live without decent santation and the resulting diarrhoeal diseases kill almost 5,000 children a day.
