Children in Eritrea, Altera (Aytera) are standing before the government installed solar water supply system installed. The new solar water pump system means that women who are mainly responsible for the water in the home don’t have to go a few kilometers to get a drink, cook, washing, and taking a bath.
The villagers living in the Eritreian border Altra Village know life is very hard. During the wartime 1998-2000 Ethiopia and Eritrea, most villagers fled to the temporary shelter. Since the end of the conflict, they have been rebuilding their homes in the ashes of war.
The 600 residents of Altra rely on planting and animal husbandry to maintain livelihoods. This kind of lifestyle is not easy, for this area in the country – commonly known as Gash Barka, the biggest challenge is a water source.
After the old water pump is broken, there are two years, and the residents have to walk to the three-kilometer artificially excavated well water.
Children from other villages to Altra have to find water everywhere. Nebiat Gebreweld is a mother of six children. She said: “Look at the children to go to the house to ask for water, it is really sad.”
After two or three hours of travel arrived in the water, the villagers had to queue the water from the water well of the Dependgra 12 meters, and then went home with heavy water.
Today, it is benefited from the solar water pump system installed by the government in June 2015, and the water supply conditions have been greatly improved. People can get water easily from the deep well, also solar energy is green and renewable. It saves lots of money on electric costs.
Tesfasilase Qualdet in the village said the difficulties of watering water from the old water well, “that is a nightmare.” His children of the elderly have grown-up adults. All of them are living in the big city, so walking to the water point is extremely difficult to get water for him. He said: “This project has changed our lives, we are very grateful for this.
The government has already installed 80pcs solar water supply systems for livestock, which distributes ponds for small-scale irrigation, providing livestock vaccination services, and assisting repatriation hope to return to home Ethiopian people.
As we know there are many same regions in different countries has the same problem of water, we look forward to offering more and more solar water pump systems to support and change their life. We try best to offer a nice price for our every client because we know the solar water pump system can help people in need. Also, solar energy is good for the environment.
