The Situation
Tanzania is one of the largest Africa countries with an average population of 42.5 million. Like many poor countries in the world, Tanzania suffers serious issues surrounding water supply with the high demand and not enough resources, as well as the difficulty of accessing clean sanitary waterImagine this: You have to walk 7km through the heat and the burning sun looking for water. Once you find a waterhole, it is only a small puddle of muddy water that is contaminated in bacteria, dead animals and vegetation and human waste. You are faced with a decision: to risk your family’s health of getting very sick from multiple water borne diseases, or the alternative of dying from dehydration. You then have to walk back 7 km carrying a heavy container on your head, and you struggle on home with shooting pain down your neck and back, struggling over the uneven terrain.
Heavy Water is passionate about improving the quality of life, and intent on preventing these situations. With Heavy Water, the transportaion is much easier and far safer. Featuring a water filter to prevent many of the water borne diseases commonly found in most water sources, which in turn prevents diarrhoeal diseases .
Testimony
“Before Heavy Water, the the pressure of carrying water created spinal, head and neck pain, and severe injuries, and many people, including children, used to die of dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera because of drinking dirty water," Abri explains. Abri and other women in Tanzania now have the ease of carrying water, and the water filter has access to clean water meaning there is not as much sickness.
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