Potable Water

Every day in rural communities and other poor urban centers throughout Cameroon, hundreds of thousands of people suffer from a lack of access to clean and safe drinking water. This is despite the country having abundant water resources, such as rivers and groundwater. This water crisis is driven by factors including poor infrastructure, climate change and rapid urbanization. As a result, many communities lack proper water treatment and distribution networks, leading to shortages and poor water quality. This also creates widespread impacts, leading to poor public health due to waterborne diseases such as outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, diarrhea, dysentery and polio, particularly among children. These widespread occurrences have been a persistent problem in Cameroon for years, leading to many deaths. Sadly, the rural water crisis, marked by inadequate and unsafe water sources, disproportionately burdens women and girls. Their role as primary water collectors reduces their time for education and income generation, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality. As a solution, we are partnering with donors, local NGOs and the government to help initiate large-scale projects to improve water supply in rural area. This includes drilling boreholes and constructing wells to access reliable ground water sources, providing water treatment options to purify water from potential contaminants, repairing and restoring damaged water point, promoting hygiene education, and supporting emergency responses to disease outbreaks Moreover, our approach embraces a community-based management that empowers local communities to manage and maintain their own water systems foster greater sustainability and resilience.