Water issues in Kisarawe
The scarcity of water in the villages of Sungwi in Kisarawe district is alarming. There are some hand dug water wells but all have salty water. Despite these wells having salty water, the people have no option but to use this water sources for all their water needs. The water sources are unhygienic, contaminated and over stretched since they serve people, animals, construction and vegetable watering.
To get fresh water, trucks travel all the way from Dar es Saalam City (42 kms away) to bring water to Sungwi villages. Each 20 liter of fresh water bucket goes for 500 Tsh, which is over and above the normal price of 50 Tsh, within Dar Es Salaam area. During the last construction, we used 100 buckets of water every day for 7 days, buying each bucket at 500 Tsh.
With this alarming water costs construction of the school will continue to be expensive and hence we are raising funds to sink a well on the site. For now we want to use the local method to dig the well with hands to have the water for use at the site and the nearby homes in the village. In the future once funds are in, we will dig a proper well with machine to support the school and the community.
