Thirteen year old Sherifa Dawuda of Dapkemyili in the Presbyterian Farmers’ Training and Child Development Program (PFTCDP) no longer has to worry about waking up at 4 am in the morning to start looking for water. She can now sleep to the fullest before preparing for school every morning.
She has clean water right in her home and so she does not need to walk for a mile in order to fetch unwholesome water from the community dam. The class four pupil of Dakpemyili Presbyterian Primary School is happy to have a Rain Water Harvesting Tank (RWHT) built for her family by CCFC and PFTCDP.
“I don’t have to worry about waking up early to go the dam to fetch water. Every day when I wake up, I go straight to the tank to fetch water for the home and then there is enough time left for me to prepare for school”, she says. “I am no longer to school and so my academic work is improving’, she adds.
The family of 9 comprising the father, Dawuda Napari who is a farmer, the mother, Grunpaka Dawuda, a petty trader and five other children are very glad that CCFC has come to their rescue. Grunpaka reveals that “I spend less time looking for water now a days so I now use the time that I have for profitable economic ventures. My family no longer has any water related health problems so we don’t have to spend my little income on hospital bills anymore. Not only does the water harvested from rain taste very nice but it has prevented any of us from getting guinea worm. Guinea worm used to be our main health problem but now it is a thing of the past.
Dawuda recalls that before the RWHTs were provided, the water from their community dam used to dry up most of the times so they had to travel long distances in search of water which wasted a lot of time. Now they have clean water all year round and no more vomiting and nausea emanating from drinking unwholesome water from the community dam. He states that because there is clean water available, all his five children are now in school.
She has clean water right in her home and so she does not need to walk for a mile in order to fetch unwholesome water from the community dam. The class four pupil of Dakpemyili Presbyterian Primary School is happy to have a Rain Water Harvesting Tank (RWHT) built for her family by CCFC and PFTCDP.
“I don’t have to worry about waking up early to go the dam to fetch water. Every day when I wake up, I go straight to the tank to fetch water for the home and then there is enough time left for me to prepare for school”, she says. “I am no longer to school and so my academic work is improving’, she adds.
The family of 9 comprising the father, Dawuda Napari who is a farmer, the mother, Grunpaka Dawuda, a petty trader and five other children are very glad that CCFC has come to their rescue. Grunpaka reveals that “I spend less time looking for water now a days so I now use the time that I have for profitable economic ventures. My family no longer has any water related health problems so we don’t have to spend my little income on hospital bills anymore. Not only does the water harvested from rain taste very nice but it has prevented any of us from getting guinea worm. Guinea worm used to be our main health problem but now it is a thing of the past.
Dawuda recalls that before the RWHTs were provided, the water from their community dam used to dry up most of the times so they had to travel long distances in search of water which wasted a lot of time. Now they have clean water all year round and no more vomiting and nausea emanating from drinking unwholesome water from the community dam. He states that because there is clean water available, all his five children are now in school.
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