Donated by the customers of Coastal Food Service and ESS Through Purchases of Cases of Water

”This community is located along the Trans-Gambia North Bank Road about 4 KM west of Noo-Kunda. It has a population of about 700 people. The founders of the village were believed to be merchants who migrated from Mali during the Soninke Marabout wars about three centuries ago. They bear the acronym “Conteh Jula” dealing in traditional leader and artifacts during the reign of Sundiata Keita of the Mali Empire. The community still remains as a historical village renaissance for the Conteh clan who are believed to be from the Bambara tribe. The community is a subsistence farming community with some households still practicing traditional handicrafts. The community suffers from severe water crisis. The current water source is not sufficient for the population and as a result some people result to fetching water from contaminated sources like open wells or from the nearby Bao Bolong creek. This has immense suffering for the community.”

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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.