We are proud to announce that proceeds from our past events and our sponsorships helped us to build 7 water accesses in rural villages of Cameroon over the past year.
Those water accesses provide safe drinking water to hundreds of people. Local communities are being trained on how to manage the maintenance of the wells to ensure that the action is sustainable.
For 2023, 21 additional projects in Cameroon are already in the planning and about to get fulfilled.
But we are not stopping there. Other African countries need our help so this is just the beginning.
What Water is already financing or planning on helping with construction of the following water projects
What Water max financing: 50%
Number of users: 50 – 100 people
Maximum average cost per user: 61 EUR
Characteristics:
Depth of 15 to 25 meters, low cost, easy maintenance, risks of water contamination, low to no production during dry season.
What Water max financing: 50%
Number of users: 150 – 250 people
Maximum average cost per user: 40 EUR
Characteristics:
Depth of 50 to 100 meters, low risk of drying up, quality water, risks of obstruction from sub-soils during drilling and complexity of maintenance in case of a major failure.
What Water max financing: 50%
Number of users: 1.000 – 1.500 people
Maximum average cost per user: 18 EUR
Characteristics:
Depth of 50 to 100 meters, low risk of drying up, high quality water, storage system, low effort from the user, possibility of setting up a distribution network, dependent on solar energy, complexity of maintenance in case of a major failure.
What Water max financing: 25%
Number of users: up to 2.000 people
Maximum average cost per user: 300 EUR
Characteristics:
Infinite source, opportunity to re-use the salt and integrate into local economy, Swiss technology transfer, ecological and sustainable solution, dependent on solar energy, high cost, technological complexities.
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