Helps International (HINT) & EWB-UK Research Project Proposal: Enabling Safe Water Supply  

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Only 20% of the inhabitants of Buea (a rural community with about 100,000 inhabitants) have access to pipe-borne water in their homes. The rest of the people rely on a nearby stream/spring called Ndongo and on public taps that are often so unreliable as most of the time, either there is no water or the tap flows so slowly that it could take up to 3-4 hours to get just a bucket of water. The piped water is only available about 60% of the time so that even those with pipe-borne water at homes still depend on Ndongo. This also causes water shortage in the community. Ndongo stream/spring is only about 1-2km away from most of the inhabitants. The inhabitants bathe in Nondgo, fetch water for drinking and cooking from Ndongo, wash their dresses in Ndongo and sometimes the butchers empty cow dung in Ndongo. Because of this water-borne diseases are common in Buea, especially among children. The good thing is that Ndongo flows non-stop throughout the year.

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