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Safe Community Water Supply

Mejorar la salud y el saneamiento con acceso al agua potable

Rwanda
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Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

1. Fin de la pobreza

68,000 people

benefit from project benefits, improving the livelihoods of communities

3. Salud y bienestar

Healthier families thanks to 100% reduction in indoor air pollution 

caused by boiling water

5. Igualdad de género

Women empowered with more free time

thanks to an average 56% reduction in time spent on collecting fuel or boiling water

6. Agua limpia y saneamiento

50 million litres

of clean water is supplied by project boreholes annually

13. Acción por el clima

140,000 tonnes of CO2e

mitigated on average annually by removing the need to boil water on wood fires for purification

15. Vida de ecosistemas terrestres

85,000 tonnes

of wood saved, relieving pressures on surrounding forests

La solución

This project restores and repairs existing boreholes to provide clean drinking water to Rwandan communities, removing the need to boil water for purification. Each borehole is up to 100 metres deep, and can be operated with a simple hand pump. The boreholes will be maintained over the project lifetime.

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El impacto

By providing safe water to communities, this project sparks a chain of positive benefits. Children do not have to spend as much time gathering water or firewood, so they can dedicate time to studying. Families resources are freed up as they don’t have to spend money or time on firewood, instead, they can take part in other income-generating activities, household tasks or taking care of each other. Water-borne and respiratory diseases are reduced thanks to better sanitary conditions and less indoor smoke. By removing the need to boil water the project significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions as well as deforestation pressures on surrounding forests where firewood is sourced.

Project ID: 302099
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