Makary is in a semidesert area, although water in aquifers. From June to Octoberthe communications with the capital are impractical. The soil is sandy, with clay layers below. The lack of drinking water has been one of the most terrible plaguesthis area and that has caused many deaths and many infectious diseases.Women must walk many miles to collect water and then transported in largecontainers on their heads. This water is contaminated by animals and excrement, lacking toilets and drains.
Population: the council of elders, local chiefs and traditional leaders, women's committee and youth committee, met in assembly and after long deliberationsidentified as a priority the construction of three wells in the three most populatedneighborhoods Makary to supply the population of clean drinking water. This wellis able to avoid hundreds of deaths and fought to secure the population of many diseases. With this great improvement in health, may devote their efforts to work collaboratively to develop their people.
beneficiaries
Both direct and indirect beneficiaries are the 250,000 people of Makary, since they all can enjoy the benefits of clean water nearby. Water is available to all who need it, without discrimination for reasons of ethnicity, gender or age.
People brought everything in their power:
-donation of the land, provided by the authorities,
-clearance work,
local-carrying materials for building stones, sand and water
-transport of other materials, (this was very expensive as they are within 300 miles of Makary).
Project Amount: $ 15,000.
Fuente:Africadirecto.org
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