Save the Children Zimbabwe, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has solarised a borehole in the Mola District of Kariba Province.
The solar project, which is in line with number six of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is expected to benefit 486 children from two schools and a health clinic.
‘[Save the Children] solarised a borehole in Mola District, Kariba Province. Now, 486 children from [two] schools [and] a health clinic have access to reliable, safe water for drinking [and] washing’, USAID said in a tweet.
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) International had reported that 67 percent of people in rural Zimbabwe do not have access to safe drinking water.
Also, according to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), although access to clean water is a basic right, it can be one of the hardest resources to attain in Zimbabwe.
In their recent study, WaterAid and the British Geological Survey (BGS) called for investment in better mapping and monitoring of the earth’s subsurface to determine the availability of good-quality groundwater.
They made the call after their study found that groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa is largely underused, leaving millions of people at zero access to safe and clean drinking water to meet their daily needs.
Photo source: USAID
