By Steve Chirombo
Dedza, August 26, Mana: Group Village Head (GVH) Huwa, under Senior Chief Kachindamoto in Dedza district, has hailed CorpsAfrica for providing facilities and services that he said will enhance the quality of life and well-being of his subjects.
He made the sentiments on Monday during an interview after the organization donated 14 water pumps on Saturday worth on K10.5 million.
The GVH told Malawi News Agency (Mana) in an interview that the socio-amenities, CorpsAfrica has been providing them with, has transformed his area.
“This water project is a landmark to our area but this is not the only development we have witnessed from CorpsAfrica. The organization has also constructed an under-5 Clinic, a bakery plant, a nursery school and a soap processing unit in the past four years that has improved our lives,” he stated
A Community Health Surveillance Assistant (HAS), from the area, Esther Mussah, described the water project as timely saying it will improve health status of the community.
"While the organization is doing its part, we will continue conducting sensitization meetings basically on water treatment strategies,” she added.
On his part, CorpsAfrica, Project Facilitator, Osman Moyo, said it is their wish to ensure that communities are getting things they need without travelling long distances.
He further said the handing over of the water pumps will reduce the challenges, community has been facing due to insufficient sources of potable water.
"Additionally, Huwa community has close to 8,000 people and has been relying on six boreholes. As a result, there has been pressure on the precious commodity and they have been struggling with sanitation issues resulting in waterborne diseases,” he said.
He however expressed hope that the project will be sustainable saying communities have been taking a lead in every stage from project identification, design as well and implementation based on CorpsAfrica's Community-Led Development approach.
"Among other sustainability strategies, we have trained 10 community members including a government community mechanic on how to repair the water pumps and we have built capacity of management committees of these facilities with good practices." Moyo added.
CorpsAfrica supports implementation of diverse projects identified by communities with the help of project facilitators who are recruited as volunteers every year.
