Walking for water

Where we work in Northern Malawi, I estimate that women and girls walk a million miles each day to get water, but regularly its contaminated.

The GPS location and details:

AREA: Kadambo
PUMP NAME: Kadambo 33
ELEVATION: 1273m
GPS: NS 11'25.092
EW 033'57.250
VILLAGE NAME: Daniel Mhango
PUMP TYPE: Canzee
WATER LEVEL: 4.85m
WELL DEPTH: 6.35m
WELL STICK-UP: 0.87m
PUMP DEPTH: 5.55m
WELL DIAMETER: 1.0m
NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 275
CONTACT NUMBER: 0888154602
CONTACT NAME: Daniel Mhango
CONTACT POSITION: VH Kadambo
ACTION: Up and running
COMMENT: The pump is working good and the chief is saying that they are looking forward for more pumps from W4Z soon

A Well Scene

Sorry camera continues to be stuck on a date in January 2009. I will have to try and sort in when I return.