Hygenie is being spurred at high-density boreholes

Before fetching water in Glen-Norah’s high-density area, one is greeted by a 20 litres bucket of water on a 2 metres stand courtesy of Unicef and Oxfam in conjunction with the Government due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Perennial water shortages and rationing due to shortage of water treatment chemicals in urban areas has resulted in the use of boreholes.

Highfield West constituency , Ward 29 in Glen-Norah has 9 boreholes servicing the area and each borehole has a 20 litre bucket of water on a 2 metre stand with soap for residents to wash their dirty hands before using the boreholes.

Glen-Norah residents throng the boreholes even if piped water supply is available because the piped water is now regarded as unsafe to drink.

Hygenie is now at the centre stage in everyone’s life due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic worldwide.

Ward 29 councillor Tendai Matafi in an interview applauded his community for having a sense of ownership in managing the boreholes.”We don’t want to keep being helped so if a borehole malfunctions, with the help of the water committees and the residents it is repaired without approaching the donors who would have drilled it”, said Matafi.

Matafi also commended the humanitarian aid of 20 litre buckets at the boreholes. “The 20 litres buckets will go a long way in combating the spread of coronavirus”, added Matafi.

Unicef drilled 2 boreholes in the ward in 2008 whilst Latter-day Saints church later drilled 7 boreholes in the ward. Oxfam helps with chloroquine which is given to the water committees who also do the general cleaning at the boreholes.

“Oxfam has been giving incentives to the water committees so that the latter become consistent in cleaning at the boreholes”, revealed Matafi.

In a separate incident, Health minister Obadiah Moyo recently donated 20 litres of sanitiser at a function where UFIC had donated 2 boreholes to Seke community in hChitungwiza.The sanitiser was donated for the hygienic sake at the boreholes.

“Cleanliness is next to godliness, so being hygenic makes the whole community safe and portrays social consience”, said a Glen-Norah resident on condition of anonymity.