Clean Water in
Eritrea

Only due to the support of our community we were able to achieve this immpact:

In Eritrea over 45% of the rural population do not have access to safe water and rely exclusively on unprotected wells, lakes and other open water sources that are highly susceptible to contamination.

Here's where your support comes in!

Our project partner Vita has worked to identify broken down boreholes, renovate them and supply a maintenance programme to ensure that clean, safe water is delivered. The boreholes included under the project are entirely human operated and fitted with hand pump models that are commonly used in the area. Zoba Anseba is a largely rural district in which many local people typically use wood fuel on inefficient three stone fires to purify their drinking, cleaning and washing water. This process results in the release of greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of wood. Those can easily be avoided when a technology that does not require fuel (wood or fossil) supplies clean water desired by households. By providing safe water this project ensures that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion process.

In total 66 boreholes were rehabilitated as part of this project between the 2 nd November 2017 and 17th March 2020.

All boreholes undergo annual water quality testing to ensure the water is safe for human consumption as WHO drinking water standards. The water quality is approved by the Ministry of Land, Water and Environment in Zoba Anseba. Monitoring surveys are conducted in compliance with the latest available sampling and monitoring guidelines, according to TPDDTEC v1 methodology.

Our partners are actively engaged with locals to ensure everything goes as planned.