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Water Shortage in Bukima
Earlier this year IÂ wrote about the lack of clean water in Bukima and how the population near the park was struggling with water, even going into the park just to find some to drink and cook with.
The month of June marks the beginning of a dry season that will last into August. We haven’t had any rain at all in over three weeks and already people are running out of water. The fews sources of water such as stagnant ponds and volcanic caves are drying up.
These pictures by Eddy tell the story better than I can:
The Rangers at the patrol post have themselves run out of water, but they are bravely continuing to patrol in the forest. They will have to hold on until Thursday, when we will be sending a truck with water up the road to refill their tank.
This same pond is used by buffalo and cattle. Children also go deep into nearby caves to find pools of water. I will try to get an infra-red camera to show you how they do that.
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7 Responses to “Water Shortage in Bukima”
Hi Pierre, are you able to install rainwater tanks at all on your buildings? Interested to know?
Brenton- we are just fixing our gutters on the roofs of the Bukima patrol post buildings, as well as the tanks they lead to. They had been damaged/stolen during the war… The locals here also build basic bamboo rainwater capture systems on their houses, but these don’t hold/collect enough to make it through dry spells.
That first picture is very difficult and really makes a person think because of the contrast of the suffering family and the beautiful unique mountain. It is extra tragic that a family has to suffer in the midst of such natural beauty. I hope someday the families around Virunga can have the right to clean water, good food, peace, and be able to enjoy the beauty of their country.
Sad pictures, Eddy, beautiful and very sad. And I spent two weeks watering a friend’s rose-garden…
I’m heading to Burkina in September as a member of CUSO-VSO volunteer corps to help on poverty relief projects. These pictures are sad, but they are the reality in many parts of Africa.
We can come together, in solidarity to do something about water shortage and poverty alleviation
Sad pictures, Eddy, beautiful and very sad. And I spent two weeks watering a friend’s rose-garden…
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