Kindly Donated by Rugby School Through Purchases of Life Water

“This village has a population of about 600 people. It is located along the Trans-Gambia North Bank Road adjacent to Illiasa. It is a Mandinka tribe community with some Wollof tribesmen who recently migrated from Senegal in search of farmlands and fishing tilapia along the Bao Balong creeks. Both tribes live harmoniously together and the inter marriage among them makes the solid bonds firm within the community. It is also a subsistence farming community mainly growing groundnut, millet and pumpkin. The community is grappled with inadequate water for its population as the current water source is not enough thus resulting into water shortage. This has consequences socially and economically even within households’ level. The mass migration of the Wollof tribesmen from Senegal has made the situation dire.”

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This project was undertaken as part of our campaign of projects that actively reduce carbon emissions. This project helped the community save their much needed wood which was previously being burnt daily to boil water. This project has also eliminated the many thousands of hours previously spent on walking to collect water.