Water and sanitation

People of the indigenous community  drawing clean water from the well

On August 26, the technical team of Save the Children in this emergency started the process of cleaning, disinfecting and rehabilitation of wells. 

Water and sanitation project in Auhya Pura

Samples of contaminated water tests in Tuburus

They covered 23 wells in eight communities (two of them have none) and only 21 are active because two wells are so dirty that they have to do bacteriological testing.

A man getting into the well to clean inside.

All wells were contaminated by the overflow of the river and for malpractice, because nobody makes water treatment. Most wells have no fences, therefore, are exposed to contamination by animal fecal waste.

Until today, 265 households have benefited from the project and have wells in good condition. In total, the population with safe water is 1373, of whom 658 are children (265 boys and 393 girls). It remains only to treat the wells of the city Alamikamba.

Cleaning and disinfection processes were carried out with the Save the Children team and with help of the indigenous people. In most communities, the population was very involved in the process and we worked well with them, especially in Aukamango, Limbaica and Galilea.

SC staff cleaning wells

People are concerned about the situation of the wells because, as the river is polluted, the only way to consume water is using rainwater. However, the dry season begins in November. So far, they have been 

collecting rainwater, most houses have containers for this. In the communities of Bethel and Dos Amigos there are no wells.

Inside the well