Türkiye Diyanet Foundation in partnership with the Islamic Information Berau Trust has handed over five boreholes in Kadoma and Harare with solar-powered pumps to the local communities as part of its efforts to improving accessibility to safe drinking water to communities.
The boreholes complement the Presidential borehole drilling programme and thousands of households will benefit from the donation.
Officially commissioning the boreholes and handing them to the community, Islamic Information Berau Trust representative Mr Adam Wadi said his organisation remained committed to improving lives in marginalised communities throughout the world regardless of religious beliefs.
“For many years, Türkiye has been carrying out many aid activities for the people of Zimbabwe together with various Turkish associations and foundations. The most important of these are aids such as food aid, water wells, education and wheelchairs for disabled citizens,” he said.
“We should not allow water shortages to affect public health.
“The World Health Organisation has said every person must have access to between 50 and 100 litres of water per day to meet their most basic health needs and hence our gesture to support this cause.”
Kadoma Rimuka ward two councillor Mr Michael Gore thanked the organisations for the gift and said it was important to complement Government efforts in uplifting the lives of citizens.
“We are seeking to address the access to clean water problem one well at a time, and to do so from a holistic perspective by first addressing the physical needs of the individual and then their community,” he said.
“We are seeking to accomplish this task through forming partnerships with other organisations that share the same passion we do for meeting one of the most basic needs, the need for water.”
David Ncube of Mufakose in Harare, where two of the boreholes was drilled to serve over 800 households, said the boreholes came a time when water had become a scarce commodity in his location due to erratic supply by the Harare City Council.
“These boreholes came at the right time when the whole location is facing water challenges as council is failing to supply, access to safe drinking water had become a big challenge in this community. We thank this organisation for this gesture,” he said. – The Herald
