Lomahasha Water Shortage by Nothemba Khoza

Swaziland Safe Water Project -- sponsored by substantial grants from the Episcopal Church United Thank Offering Gift and Trust Fund and the Episcopal Waters of Hope with generous gifts from the Iowa Safe Water International Ministries and the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, parishes and individuals...

Slow gathering of seepage from a spring in rural Lomahasha.

Canon Donald Ndlovu with team at dry borehole

next to seeping springwater hole.

Greetings,
It has been a busy two weeks..the work is getting more and more intense for the team. However, it has been a most wonderful experience and a major eye opener. To think that there are people in my own country who are not able to get the basic necessity like water is hard to swallow. I have learnt our country is in dire need of water and this is a national emergency. Today we went to Lomahasha and the situation there is heartbreaking. People wait for hours for water to come out from a small spring which at the end of the day gives out a minimum of five litres per serving. I was particularly shocked by such a discovery. I realised that even though people need to clean their water, there is a great need for the water itself and most of the boreholes that have been built in this area are all dry now. But I feel there is a lot of work to be done and people have to have clean water to drink. So with these words I say, PRESS ON SSWM!
Nothemba.