Kindly Donated by KPMG Through Purchases of Life Water

“This village is about 5km north east of the Kudang Junction, on the Trans-Gambia south bank road. The community is a Mandinka tribe settlement. The community depends on subsistence farming mainly growing groundnut, millet and corn. Some people also engage in fishing tilapia and crabs as well as oysters along the mangroves of the banks of the River Gambia. Women also collect traditional medicinal herbs from the bush and usually sell them at weekly markets called “Loumo” in Kudang. This helps in household sustenance and other social activities. The community is facing severe water crisis as the current water source is not enough for the community leading to so many households depending on contaminated open wells which has serious health effects.”

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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.