Khubara and Al-Adi water project ends a suffering that lasted about 20 years
Water is the secret of life in the universe. There is no stable life without renewable water whose fresh springs flow everywhere from this planet. The human right to have access to clean, potable water is a right that cannot be ignored or dispensed with.
In most villages of the Yemeni countryside, children and women, at the early hours of the morning, travel great distances to reach valleys and the already scarce water sources. The children and women there carry, on their backs and heads, some of their families' needs from this water.
In a remote village like this one, children and girls abandon their school desks in search of water, while mothers here in Khubara and Al-Adi areas did not find enough time to take care of their children and enable them to enroll in schools.
Misery and pain
Over the past twenty years, the area of Khubara and Al-Adi have been suffering from deteriorating health conditions, the causes of which are: lack of safe drinking water, lack of toilets at home, extreme poverty that 482 families in the area suffer from, and the scarcity of water.
This has had adverse effects, such as children deprived of education, increasing challenges for women in the region, children bear the burden of fetching water for their families from some wells near the area, and lack of a school to educate children.
A resident of the area says, "Twenty years ago, a well was dug here in this area. We hoped that it would alleviate our suffering, but unfortunately it stopped because there was no project to pump water to homes. Thus, no one benefited from this well throughout the previous period”.
HUMAN ACCESS response to the natives of the district
Due to the need to provide clean water to ensure the safety of the inhabitants in Khubara and Al-Adi areas, HUMAN ACCESS urgently intervened, in cooperation with UNICEF, to implement the Khubara and Al-Adi water project during the period from March 2019 to September 2020.
The HUMAN ACCESS technical and engineering team prepared a field study to implement the project. The project included the following: a huge line of 1,621 meters, construction of a pumping control room with dimensions of 4x3x4 meters, maintenance of a 200 m3 ground tank, installation and supply of 13,158 linear meters of water network and its accessories, and the supply and installation of a submersible electric pumping unit with its accessories.
Project impacts
Safe drinking water was delivered to all residents of the area, the health of the beneficiaries improved, the project met the needs of the area's residents, and practical daily supply to 4828 people with clean drinking water. The project also had a positive impact, as the children, who used to go to fetch water from long distances, were able to enroll in school and continue their education. Mothers also were able to find time to take care of their children because the water had practically reached them.
Safe and sustainable water
The women, men and children were overwhelmed with great joy after the inauguration of the project, which restored life and ended the suffering of the past years. Today, more than 4,800 people have access to safe drinking water.
The residents of the area expressed their sincere feelings of thanks to HUMAN ACCESS, the implementing partner of the water project, and UNICEF, the project financer, which alleviated their suffering in obtaining safe and sustainable water.
