2012 Tigray Potable Water Supply Program Completion Report for The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waco
Senale Community, Tigray Region, Ethiopia April 19, 2013

Program Summary
Prior to construction of the 2012 Tigray Potable Water Program projects, the Senale community population had limited and unreliable access to clean water sources for drinking and domestic use. Community members relied on contaminated rivers, springs, and old open hand dug wells for water. Lack of clean water contributed to health problems such as cholera, giardiasis, typhoid, intestinal parasites, skin and eye infection, and dysentery. Additionally, women and girls spent a large portion of their time fetching water, which exposed them to physical safety hazards, took away from their ability to work, and prevented girls from regularly attending school. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wacos contribution to the 2012 Tigray Potable Water Supply Program for Senale was used to construct one new shallow borehole project to benefit 400 community members.

Quick Facts
Project Name: Adi Hamham Shallow Borehole GPS Coordinates: 13.31823, 39.31645 Implementing partner: Relief Society of Tigray (REST) Beneficiaries: 400 Program area: Country: Ethiopia Region: Tigray District: Hintalo Wajerat Site: Dengolt

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Beneficiary Story
W/ro Kahsa Meressa, a 48-year old woman, lives in Amdi-Weyane village with her six children. Before the new shallow borehole was constructed in her village as part of the 2012 Tigray Potable Water Supply Program for Senale, she spent two to three hours per day fetching water from neighboring villages and her children frequently suffered from waterborne illnesses. Lack of water was also a source of conflict among community members who relied on overburdened wells and stood in long lines to collect water. W/ro Kahsa Meressa said that now that the shallow W/ro Kahsa Meressa collects water from the borehole has been built, she is able to access new shallow borehole in Amdi-Weyane village. clean water within five minutes of her home. Her children are no longer ill and she is using her extra time to be more productive in her home and involve herself in agricultural activities.

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