The communities - Chanshegu, Jonshegu, Zujung, Kukuo and Dohini - depend on the only dam constructed at Chanshegu decades ago which is fast drying up due to the harmattan.
The communities, which have a total population of about 5,000, have been battling with the situation for the past years, compelling them to resort to the untreated water for domestic and commercial activities.
The dam also serves as the only source of water for animals in the area, which urinate and defecate in it anytime they have their fill, exposing the residents to water-borne diseases.
Apart from the struggle they go through every day to get the water from the dam, it is not safe for consumption but they don’t have the means to treat the water; they have been drinking the water for the past years, especially during the harmattan season
Apart from the health implications, the current situation also comes with a financial burden on the inhabitants who are subsistence farmers as most of them who cannot trek to the dam spend money hiring the services of tricycles to draw water for them.
With your help, we can provide these communities with potable borehole drinking water. Donate to save a life, no amount is small.