Thumba Village, T/A Ngokwe, Machinga
Thumba itself has 32 families and immediately surrounded by 7 villages with 54 families.
We hope to be able to install a borehole. It would be expected to provide clean, safe and sustainable water to a total of 86 families of around 400 people. The nearest borehole is 3 km or 1.9 miles away.
We learned the following by interviewing Thumba residents:
- They have a shallow pit as their current source of water. Of the 6 people we interviewed, 4 of them had diarrhea at that time.
- So far, 15 people have suffered from diarrhea this year.
- They share the water source with livestock and wild animals.
- Students sometimes don’t go to school due to lack of water or long wait at the water source.
- Sometimes families miss meals due to lack of water which can expose the children to malnutrition.
- Farming is also disturbed due to the same reasons above.
- During the dry season, they wait at the water source for approximately 5 hours.
A new water well will bring clean water closer to the village and will be immediately accessible all day long.
Thumba Village
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Last Updated: May 20, 2019 by Reid
Thumba Village, T/A Ngokwe, Machinga
Thumba itself has 32 families and immediately surrounded by 7 villages with 54 families.
We hope to be able to install a borehole. It would be expected to provide clean, safe and sustainable water to a total of 86 families of around 400 people. The nearest borehole is 3 km or 1.9 miles away.
We learned the following by interviewing Thumba residents:
A new water well will bring clean water closer to the village and will be immediately accessible all day long.
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