Published on: 08/03/2011
With a population exceeding 10,000, Nyankanga ward in Musoma District faces acute shortage of water, a situation that forces its people especially women and children to walk long distance in search of water.
The nearest constant supply of safe water is Lake Victoria, which is an over two-hour round trip from Nyankanga village. Some villagers routinely make this trip three or four times a day, every day, which leaves very little time for other tasks.
The efforts by St John's Church to build tanks by their homes to harvest rainwater could not yield fruits as the village gets scanty rainfall.
Source: Beldina Nyakeke, The Citizen / allAfrica.com, 7 March 2011
