News fromAmman Imman : Water is Life
January, 2008
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Changing lives one borehole at a time
You may wonder how life in the Azawak would change if the 500,000people who live there had access to water. Let's explore...how is lifedifferent for the people in Tangarwashane now that they have a workingborehole?
Before the Amman Imman borehole was constructed, the people of Tangarwashane, like other people in the Azawak, traveled to a marshfor their water.Now they get water by turning on a faucet
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Previously, when the marsh dried up, they traveled long distances todeep wells in search of water.Now, they have a water tower in their village containing 20,000 liters of water.
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At the deep wells, they relied on donkeys to pull up water from depthsas much as 300 feet and more (Do you see the donkeys? Notice thedistance they have to pull).It took tremendous strength,
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