Handpump theft - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

WaterAid | Handpump theft

Communities in Tanzania who have had their handpump stolen face huge set backs.

Water points are precious and can be liable to theft. So when WaterAid supported local partner SEMA to construct eight wells in Kisaki Village, measures were taken to ensure the community's new water points did not fall pray to vandalism or theft.

Now, at the source where people used to collect water from a hazardous open well that was vulnerable to contamination, there is a WaterAid-funded improved well fitted with a NIRA handpump. The pump base is protected with concrete to prevent people from unscrewing the handpump and a watchman is appointed to look after the water point at night.

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