Kindly Donated by Every Well Water Foundation

“This village is situated about 9 km west of Kudang along the Trans-Gambia South Bank Road. It is a Wollof Fana Fana tribe community. The ancestral lineage of the village is the Cham dynasty who are believed to be migrated from the Ancient Senegalese Kingdom of Walo and Kajor and later settled in various part of the Gambia in the early 19th century. The Cham clan are believed to be well known blacksmiths locally called “Tegga”, and some still maintain these cultures. However, they are sometimes stigmatized and treated as inferior within the Wollof social fabric as compared to the “Guewel” (praise singers). The community is a subsistence farming community, growing groundnut, millet and rice with a handful practicing traditional blacksmith making hoes, axes and other traditional farming implements. The Village has been suffering from lack of clean drinking water as the only water source in the village has broken down and as a result, they have been using old open wells which has severe health complications.”

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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.