For women like Fatuma, the lack of clean water is a life- long burden. The 63-year-old has lived her entire life without a safe source of water. In Tanzania alone, women and girls spend 16 million hours each day collecting water that is often contaminated.
Fatuma’s community of Nambala partnered with Wine To Water to assess their water needs and distribute ceramic filters. Fatuma and her family were among the first of 720 households that received filters.
Fatuma and her husband were taught how to use and maintain their filter, and underwent sanitation and hygiene training, which will help prevent the spread of dangerous disease.
When our team visited Fatuma and her husband in their home, we were touched by their eagerness to use their filter to provide clean water for their neighbors, who were awaiting the second round of distributions from WTW. “I plan to share the filter with my neighbors until they get their own,” Fatuma told us.
To further expand water access in Nambala, WTW drilled a community well that supplies water to the school facilities and to a centrally-located water kiosk where families can come for an ongoing source of safe water.
WTW has reached more than 150,000 people in Tanzania with safe water by providing ceramic filters, drilling community wells, and installing comprehensive water systems for schools and communities.
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