Community water supply
Community water supply
This gift in action
Why buy this Community water supply gift?
- A perfect charity gift for a fundraising target! Get together with your community – your parish or school – to provide a remote community with clean water.
- This gift can help to reduce violence in conflict-prone regions, as whole communities must work together to preserve their supply of water.
- Families can be freed from the worry of catching deadly water-borne diseases and can lead longer, healthier lives.
Case study: Clean water and a brighter future in Ethiopia
‘I think that our future is certainly brighter. With water secured, I can focus on income generation.’ Mortikana, Ethiopia
Mortikana, 70, lives in a rural community in southern Ethiopia. Her village did not have access to a water source and Mortikana and other women from her community were forced to walk for six hours every day to collect clean water.
Thankfully, CAFOD and a local expert organisation focusing on women’s empowerment, built a cement water cistern with enough capacity for the whole of Mortikana’s village. The cement structure ensures that the water doesn’t evaporate. It’s located close to the village meaning Mortikana and other women no longer have to walk for hours for water.
‘Us women have more time to care for our families now that the water source is next to our village’ says Mortikana. ‘I can look after my children at home and send them to school with water to keep them hydrated and focused. They are clean every day now. We all are.’ she adds.
Now that her family’s basic need has been met, Mortikana is hopeful about the future. ‘With water secured, I can focus on income generation. My children’s life will be better than mine, more stable and happier’ she told us.
Why buy this Community water supply gift?
- A perfect charity gift for a fundraising target! Get together with your community – your parish or school – to provide a remote community with clean water.
- This gift can help to reduce violence in conflict-prone regions, as whole communities must work together to preserve their supply of water.
- Families can be freed from the worry of catching deadly water-borne diseases and can lead longer, healthier lives.
Case study: Clean water and a brighter future in Ethiopia
‘I think that our future is certainly brighter. With water secured, I can focus on income generation.’ Mortikana, Ethiopia
Mortikana, 70, lives in a rural community in southern Ethiopia. Her village did not have access to a water source and Mortikana and other women from her community were forced to walk for six hours every day to collect clean water.
Thankfully, CAFOD and a local expert organisation focusing on women’s empowerment, built a cement water cistern with enough capacity for the whole of Mortikana’s village. The cement structure ensures that the water doesn’t evaporate. It’s located close to the village meaning Mortikana and other women no longer have to walk for hours for water.
‘Us women have more time to care for our families now that the water source is next to our village’ says Mortikana. ‘I can look after my children at home and send them to school with water to keep them hydrated and focused. They are clean every day now. We all are.’ she adds.
Now that her family’s basic need has been met, Mortikana is hopeful about the future. ‘With water secured, I can focus on income generation. My children’s life will be better than mine, more stable and happier’ she told us.
This gift is part of our Water fund.
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