Village Water Issues, Musoma, Tanzania

Challenge:

Musoma district, in the northern part of Tanzania and on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria, endures a dry season of seven months. During this period, people in the area spend more time fetching water than implementing income-generating activities, thus worsening economic conditions. Lack of training in water management also leads to a higher prevalence of water borne diseases in the community. Poor water management skills causes increased expenses to treat these water borne diseases, low agriculture production, low income generation and malnutrition.

Action:

With the Village Water Issues scheme, the Women in Development (WID) Programmes will address the hardships of the dry season. Funded by gorta, this project will harvest roof top rain water for a pilot sample of six family houses. Six artisans with training in construction will also be provided. As another part of this project, a trip to a similar gorta project in Kenya will be organised for members of the households.

Benefits:

The method used to harvest water will supply safer and cleaner drinking water for the community. Training offered will give people the skills necessary to face area needs. This training will also ensure that community members have the ability to sustain this water. With the trip to a project site in Kenya, people from the community will directly experience what they need to do to achieve success. They can then partner this experience with the skills they obtain through the project.

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