How a new water point is easing a mother’s worries in Cabo Delgado
For Clementina, having water closer to home means less worry about what her children are drinking.
Palma, Cabo Delgado - For 24-year-old Clementina Faume, a mother of two young children, the water her family drank used to be a constant worry.
In Farol, a community in Palma District, Clementina collected water from a traditional well. The water was often cloudy, and she had to strain out leaves and other debris before her children could drink it.
“I had to be very careful about the water my children drank. The water was not very clean, and I had to strain out leaves and other things that were in it before they could drink,” she explains.
She was especially concerned when her children, aged four and two, went to get drinking water without her nearby.
“I was not always there when they went to get water to drink. I was afraid they might drink water that had not been filtered and become sick,” she says.
Today, Clementina feels more at ease. A water point closer to home has given her greater confidence in the water available to her family.
“Now that we have the water point near our home, I have more confidence in the water my children drink,” she says.
For Clementina, having water closer to home means less worry about what her children are drinking. The water supply system in Farol was installed with support from UNICEF and UNOPS, in collaboration with the District Government, with funding from the World Bank through the Northern Crisis Recovery Project (NCRP).
