Water and Sanitation
Every child deserves clean water. It is not only a basic human right; it is also the essential building block of life that allows children and their communities to survive and flourish. 844 million people lack access to clean water 1/3 of the world’s population (2.5 billion) lack access to improved sanitation Women and girls primarily carry the burden of fetching water and taking care of sick children, leaving girls out of school and women unable to pursue income generating activities.
H4BF brings lasting change to communities by helping to provide resources like; Boreholes powered by solar pumps, deep wells that supply safe water; storage containers for rainwater; piping systems to irrigate crops and improve access to clean water; purification equipment to treat water contaminated by bacteria and other disease carriers; hygiene education, and latrines and hand-washing stations to protect clean water sources and improve children’s health.
By giving water, you can give life. Clean water and safe hygiene practices help restore health and free children from deadly, preventable diseases. It frees women and girls from a life spent gathering dirty, contaminated water. It saves livestock and farms. And it opens the door to education and a promising future. Our work succeeds because the model is sustainable, community-based, and community-owned. A recent study in Cameroon found that nearly 80% of our wells are high-functioning after 20 yrs.
The programme is integrated with nutrition and early childhood care and development. In various interventions, it encourages women’s leadership and applies technologies to ensure the inclusion of people with disability as beneficiaries.
The programme has been actively engaged in the following Sustainable Development Goals:
More than 42 rural and urban poor communities, 28 schools, and 8 health centers have been provided with potable water.
Water management committees have been trained in all communities that have benefited from the water and sanitation program
Moreover, the catchment areas of all water projects are protected through life fencing and planting of water shed trees.
Build capacity of water management committees in all communities provided with potable water.
This program faces several challenges, namely:
- Bad roads to some communities and limited transport facilities (vehicle)
- Insufficient funds for the running and execution of projects
- Excessive population pressure to the detriment of water catchments
