Access to clean water improves health in Tanzania.
The Canadians are members of a PWRDF delegation that has come to the diocese of Masasi to learn more about All Mothers and Children Count (AMCC), a larger project that builds off work done during CHIP.
“Now, because water is here, it is easier for us now to educate people about [medical] treatment.” But having accessible water isn’t just about having water that is safe to drink.
Girls whose time might otherwise have been spent carrying water can stay in school longer, and mothers have more time to take their children to the clinic for a checkup, he notes.
Setting up a borehole is no small task.
Once the Canadian and Tanzanian governments sign off on it, the drilling can begin.
Once the borehole has been drilled, water samples are sent to a laboratory in Mtwara for testing.
If the water is deemed safe, the pump can be installed.
“You may find that work is going to take place, maybe in July or in August, but the process started last year!” says Monjesa.
“Especially for a hungry person, for a thirsty person, waiting that long period is very difficult for them.” Fortunately, according to Monjesa, all 30 of the boreholes dug as part of the CHIP program hit safe drinking water on the first try.

Access to clean water improves health in rural Tanzania.
Until the pump was installed at the end of January 2017, most of Ndomoni’s 1,321 residents walked up to eight km to the nearest village to get water, or relied on surface water from ponds, which required boiling.
The Canadians are members of a PWRDF delegation that has come to the diocese of Masasi to learn more about All Mothers and Children Count (AMCC), a larger project that builds off work done during CHIP.
“Now, because water is here, it is easier for us now to educate people about [medical] treatment.” But having accessible water isn’t just about having water that is safe to drink.
Girls whose time might otherwise have been spent carrying water can stay in school longer, and mothers have more time to take their children to the clinic for a checkup, he notes.
Setting up a borehole is no small task.
Once the Canadian and Tanzanian governments sign off on it, the drilling can begin.
Once the borehole has been drilled, water samples are sent to a laboratory in Mtwara for testing.
“You may find that work is going to take place, maybe in July or in August, but the process started last year!” says Monjesa.
“Especially for a hungry person, for a thirsty person, waiting that long period is very difficult for them.” Fortunately, according to Monjesa, all 30 of the boreholes dug as part of the CHIP program hit safe drinking water on the first try.

Man walks so others can have access to clean water.
MARINE CITY — James Leitner is walking for water.
"I’m pulling 10 gallons of water every day," he said.
Leitner said the length of his journey — 3,200 miles — is what the average person in Tanzania will walk in a year to get water.
There also is a place on the website where people can donate to the Philadelphia Serengeti Alliance to help fund clean water projects in Tanzania.
According to the website, there are 307 broken wells in the Mara region of Tanzania that could provide clean water if they are repaired.
Most people have been friendly and supportive of his trek, Leitner said.
Leitner said he has done other water awareness events, including running 12 marathons while carrying about 45 pounds of water.
How to help James Leitner is walking 3,200 miles across North America from Princeton, New Jersey to San Francisco, California to raise awareness and money for clean water projects in the Mara region of Tanzania.
People can find out more about his cross country trek at http://missioncleanwater.com.

Tanzania: Names of 32 Deceased in Karatu Accident for Inscription On Water Well.
World Islamic Propagation and Humanitarian Services (WIPAHS) intends to inscribe on a water well the names of 32 Lucky Vincent School pupils who died in the road accident in Karatu recently.
The organisation, which will donate the facility to the community that endure water scarcity, said the residents will fetch water free of charge, believing that the souls of the young learners will be blessed by God through the services.
"Water is a crucial commodity for living, we think that through granting the water well on behalf of the deceased little angels, we will have played our part in praying for them to go to heaven," WIPAHS Spokesperson Amina Mbaraka told the ‘Daily News’ in Dar es Salaam during the special prayers for the fallen children whose demise shocked the nation.
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itunes.apple.com During the prayers in Dar es Salaam and Coast Region, thousands of mourners gathered.
Ms Mbaraka noted that they expect to construct the water well within the three months, but they are still contemplating on the location.
Acting Education Officer in Kibaha, Mr Ramadhani Lawoga, called on the school owners to observe traffic laws when transporting students to avoid unnecessary accidents.
One of the mourners who participated in the prayers, Ms Atwiya Adam Ahmed, said "We join our fellow parents who lost their beloved ones in the accident, as parents we feel the same pain."

The Jali Ardhi project, funded by the UK government Global Challenges research fund through the Natural Environment Research Council, explores the complex impact of soil erosion on east Africa.
Gullies dissect the landscape, making it difficult for people to walk between communities and move livestock.
Fragile crossing points become dangerous.
In an attempt to stop the destruction of the bridge, locals have tried to stabilise it with chopped branches.
Lake Manyara national park is a hotspot for biodiversity as it supports more than 400 species of birds, big land mammals and aquatic fauna.
This fragile ecosystem attracts more than 150,000 tourists every year, creating livelihoods for many local people.
But increased siltation and pollution is threatening the preservation of this Unesco Man and Biosphere site.
Soil erosion impacts on communities at local and global levels.
The interdisciplinary ‘Jali ardhi’ research programme (led by Plymouth University in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela African Institution for Science and Technology, the University of Exeter, Schumacher College and the International Water Management Institute) seeks to deliver new insights to support solutions to this global challenge.
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Tanzania: Water Scarcity Threatens Horticulture Industry.
Speaking to the ‘Sunday News’ yesterday, they said the declining water levels also threaten the country’s future food security prospects and calls for immediate action to manage the resource well.
Mr Paul said that when it comes to water scarcity in the past three years; some areas of the country have at times faced acute water shortages.
"As a result, some farm-ers lost crops due to drought.
During heavy rains – infra-structure was destroyed by floods," he explained.
Procedures and processes for sustainable management and development of water in Tanzania are stipulated in the 2009 Water Resources Management Act.
Horticulture though is gradually becoming the main activity in these remote areas, where approximately 300,000 farmers are in dire need of water to irrigate their crops; there is no specific legislation to govern the rural water sub-sector.
"This has resulted into uncontrolled use of water that is not only inhibiting horticultural productivity, but also fuelling conflicts, most-ly compounded by rights to access the resource in Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Tanga regions," Mr Paul explains in his paper presented at a one-day water stakeholders’ dia-logue meeting held in Arusha.
TAHA Chief Executive Officer, Jacqueline Mkindi said the Fifth Phase Government’s industrialisa-tion policy was a blessing to horticultural farmers whose local market will be expanded as a result of crops processing plants to be put up at their disposal.
She said the industry, which currently employs about 2.5 million horticul-tural farmers, 60 per cent of them being women, will attract 10 million farmers in five year-time as a result of TAHA’s five-year strategy.