WATER is the lifeblood of a healthy people and planet and is critical for economic growth, healthy ecosystems and life itself.
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WATER is the lifeblood of a healthy people and planet and is critical for economic growth, healthy ecosystems and life itself.
With over 2.3 billion people globally living without safe drinking water and 3.6 billion people lacking safe sanitation, a global water crisis currently threatens development of the most world countries.
But in Tanzania, there is one institution which has decided to embark on a program to solve water crisis for the future livelihood of its population.
National Water Fund (NWF), is a government agency established purposely to seek funding to implement Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program to increase access to rural water supply and sanitation services in participating districts and strengthen the capacity of selected sector and institutions to sustain service delivery.
Haji Nandule, Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of NWF says that the agency is working with local communities to build wells to bring water close to the villages and homes.
According to Mr Nandule, the global economic costs of water insecurity estimated at nearly $500 billion per year. Worsening droughts and flooding due to climate change and a burgeoning population compound the problem.
“There is an urgent need to accelerate change—to go beyond “business as usual” in addressing the water crisis”, he says.
NWF is now a backbone of rural water supply and is critical not only to increase service coverage, but also to improve the quality of service and ensure their sustainability.
The agency which is now in its fifth year of operation, has managed to change the mindset of people working in water supply and sanitation from their former focus on building infrastructure to being more service-oriented.
NWF was founded in 2018 by Dean Riesen who facilitated in raising funds that facilitated the construction of more than 40 deep drilled, solar-powered water projects.
According to the World Bank (WB), as many as 25 African countries are expected to suffer from a greater combination of increased water scarcity and water stress by 2025. By 2030, water scarcity could displace over 700 million people globally.
However, Mr Nandule says having known that impact of the crisis in Tanzania, NWF has decided to put more efforts in collaboration with the communities and local government in an effort to minimise water crisis pressure.
“NWF encourages other stakeholders, local and international agencies to join in NWF efforts in contributing fund, offer technical equipment in serving the people who are in water crisis”, says Mr Nandule.
NWF is now is preparing to raise fund through charity walk, “Donate and Walk for Water” an initiative, which will take place in November 24th, 2024, with a one mile walking with an empty bucket and another one mile with full bucket of water.
The NWF is also arranging another charity event “Do Pulls ups, that will involve thousands of people across the United States of America (USA) to get more funding to solve water crisis in Tanzania.
Notwithstanding the success story, NWF projects have face numerous challenges including broken of water wells, which endangers sustainability of the projects.
The agency has decided to drill deep water wells at an approximately 90-150meters deep to make sure the rate of flow will not end for generation.
According to the World Bank statistics, water supply in Tanzania has greatly improved the lives of many people in the rural areas of Tanzania.
The statistics show that between October 2018 and April 2023, more than 4,755,578 people have been provided with access to improved water sources while 6,610,540 people have gained access to improved sanitation services.
It shows that some 7,422 villages were served by a local water supply organization, a Community Based Water Supply Organisation (CBWSO), with improved operation and maintenance capacity for water supply services.
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