HUNDREDS of villagers in Murewa district’s ward 22 have received a major boost after a non-governmental organisation, Zuva Rabuda Foundation, drilled and installed six boreholes to alleviate water challenges.
The organisation was invited by Murewa South legislator Noah Mangondo after some of the villagers had gone for more than 20 years without clean water sources in the resettlement areas.
The boreholes were installed in River Valley, Paradise B, Heyford, Mt Perliar and Nyagadzi A villages.
River Valley Village Development Committee chairperson Patrick Feremenga said the drilling of a borehole in the area was welcome.
“We were facing a lot of water challenges, and we are happy that after more than 20 years, we now have access to clean water,” Feremenga said.
“We have close to 200 homesteads here and most of them were relying on unsafe water sources, thereby endangering our health.”
Speaking during a tour of the water project, Mangondo said more boreholes are still needed in the whole constituency.
“We are happy that this ward has benefited six boreholes after we had engaged a Holland-based partner, Zuva Rabuda,” the legislator said.
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“It is a positive development as we move towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Vision 2030, to ensure that everyone has access to potable and clean water.
“We have other areas in Murewa South constituency in dire need of boreholes and we will continue to engage other partners to achieve this goal.”
Murewa Ward 22 councillor Godfrey Muchemwa said the availability of water in the area is not limited to domestic consumption but other projects.
“We are going to make sure that farmers here utilise these boreholes for income-generating projects like gardening,” he said.
“We need to improve livelihoods through utilising the resources we have.”
